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The ORRA program offers VAI member operators a flexible, evolving, and organized approach to managing risks and improving processes across their flight operations. Best of all: VAI operators at any stage of safety management system development or implementation can participate!

(ROTOR magazine) – The program’s newest honor pays tribute to the late Harold Summers, whose legacy and spirit continue to inspire the vertical flight industry.

(ROTOR magazine) – Did you decide to Land & LIVE? Then you did the right thing—no matter what the media says, explains VAI Senior Director of Safety Chris Hill.

French start-up VoltAero has reached an agreement with Sigma Air Mobility to develop advanced air mobility applications for the VoltAero Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft.

(CBC) – Christine Jacques and her friend were hiking Jul. 23 in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, when they got an evacuation notice due to wildfires in the area. Jacques documented the helicopter transport out of the park.

(KREM) – A Washington National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk crew from Joint Base Lewis–McChord joined Washington Department of Natural Resources crews Jul. 24 to help battle wildfires across eastern parts of the state.

(Defence Blog) – According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a technical malfunction led to the crash of a Mil Mi-28 during a routine flight in the Kaluga region. The pilot and crew died in the accident.

(ABC News) – Two cattle-mustering pilots died after their helicopters collided shortly after takeoff Jul. 25 at the Mount Anderson station near Camballin, Kimberley.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is accepting comments through Aug. 21 on this proposed airworthiness directive (PAD), ATA 62–Main Rotor–Swashplate Assembly–Modification.

Groupe ADP and Lilium will partner on infrastructure and support services for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.