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VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters SA.330J

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 26 – Fire Protection – Pyrotechnical Cartridge – Inspection, takes effect Nov. 4.

VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

Air Methods adds senior VP of customer experience

The company has appointed Betsy Casanave to the newly created role. Casanave was previously VP of business operations for Med-Trans Corp.

VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

Airbus outlines crewed–uncrewed teaming strategy (VIDEO)

Victor Gerin-Roze, head of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) business for Airbus Helicopters, provides details about HTeaming, a modular system designed to give helicopter crews full control of UAS in flight.

VAI Daily

Oct. 22, 2025

Volatus Aerospace to open drone facility at CYMX

(GlobeNewswire) – The manufacturer has announced plans to produce drones for the Canadian Armed Forces at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (CYMX) in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

FAA updates accident dashboard with September 2025 data

The FAA Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard covers various metrics, including total accidents, fatal accidents, average accident rates, and average fatal-accident rates.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

The NTSB accident investigation process: My company’s experience

A 2019 fatal helicopter crash forced Safari Aviation to reevaluate nearly every aspect of its operations. J.C. Murphy, the company’s director of operations, recounts the “sobering journey” through the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation that followed the accident. Hear J.C. speak on Wed., Oct. 22, at the 2025 VAI Air Tour Safety Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

UK CAA releases roadmap for commercial use of drones

The United Kingdom (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published a roadmap that lays out a path for commercial beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations by 2027.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

Members of Congress call for air tourism probe in New Jersey

US Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ-08) and a group of legislators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General to investigate the FAA’s oversight of the helicopter air tour industry.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

USCG rescue swimmer program marks 40 years (VIDEO)

The Real ResQ Podcast has compiled archival footage, survivor testimony, and interviews with rescue swimmers who have served in the US Coast Guard (USCG) program since 1985.

VAI Daily

Oct. 21, 2025

EASA approves Swiss Helicopter Engineering window

(Vertical magazine) – The company has gained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval to install its cockpit floor window on the Airbus H125/AS350 B3.