SEP 2024


DEPARTMENTS


6 FROM THE BOARD


A Solid Foundation By Mark A. Schlaefli


8 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE


Making the Sky Safe for Vertical Aviation By James A. Viola


10 ADVOCATING FOR YOU


A Strategic Approach to State


and National Policy By Cade Clark and Katia Veraza


12 UPDRAFTS VAI Briefs


VAI Member Benefit of the Month 5 Dos and Don'ts In the Spotlight Vertical Aviation Calendar


26 FLYOVER


Outbound Heli Adventures


and a Robinson R66 By Mark Bennett


56 FLIGHT PATH


James Simmons


58 ACCIDENT RECOVERY


Underestimated Safety Risks By David Jack Kenny


64 FLY SAFE


Whom Do You Trust? By Chris Hill


68 WORK SAFE


No Place for Recklessness By Zac Noble


70 LAST HOVER US Sen. James Inhofe


71 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS


72 MEMBER FOCUS


SHOTOVER Systems By Mark Bennett


INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Be Empowered


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Saving NYC's West 30th Street Heliport


VAI Scores Infrastructure Win On the Cover


Dan Sweet, Photographer


A Heliflights Sikorsky S-76C lifts off from the West 30th Street Heliport in Manhattan, Aug. 14, 2024. The New York City facility faced closure before VAI rallied its members to protest legislation that would have shut down the critical airfield. See p. 28.


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