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VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NAAA 2024 Ag Aviation Expo

Nov. 18–21, 2024, Fort Worth, Texas

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

77th Annual International Aviation Safety Summit

Nov. 5–7, 2024, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NAAA Fly Safe campaign urges ag pilots to avoid complacency

The National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) is reminding agricultural pilots to avoid letting complacency set in—including while conducting repetitive tasks and during long stretches of intense workloads—as part of its Fly Safe campaign, which seeks to help reduce controlled-flight-into-terrain accidents, including wire strikes.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

Cal Fire expands firefighting operations at night

(Firehouse) – Helicopter pilots for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) have started night training as the organization prepares to add around-the-clock aircraft operations to its wildfire response arsenal.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

VAI Member Spotlight: RotorWeld, New Zealand

Driven by innovation, maker of specialty tooling provides support for Airbus helicopters and Safran engines.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

NASA develops pod to advance autonomous aircraft research

The Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) helicopter pod will allow National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers to collect data about weather and obstacles for air taxis, drones, and other uncrewed aircraft operations.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

Crew rescues trapped hikers from Grand Canyon flooding (VIDEO)

(Newsweek) – A US Army Black Hawk crew transported a group of hikers stranded by flash flooding Aug. 22 from Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

Australian government releases AAM strategy through 2050 (VIDEO)

The Aviation White Paper—Towards 2050, published Aug. 26, details the regulatory steps the Australian government plans to take to integrate drones and advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft into the country’s airspace.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

US Army takes detailed look at new pilot training model

(Defense News) – The US Army is examining a new institutional training model for pilots as its helicopter fleet evolves into a network of crewed and uncrewed aircraft.

VAI Daily

Aug. 27, 2024

Tennessee police helicopter crew helps capture fugitive (VIDEO)

(Fox News) – A helicopter crew from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department coordinated with ground officers to apprehend a fugitive at night.