In this Spotlight, Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska Regional Office, offers some sobering thoughts based on 23 years of experience and more than 700 accident investigations. If pilots could observe an investigator’s personal experiences while uncovering....

HAI congratulates the US Federal Aviation Administration on celebrating 100 years of flight service yesterday, Aug. 20. The date marks the creation of what has become the modern FAA, providing a safe, efficient flow of air traffic in the National Airspace System.

GM Helicopters is located at M-Sola Heliport (EVSM), a small public facility near Riga, Latvia. Using the Mi-8T with support from other aircraft, GM primarily provides cargo transportation, utility, logging, craning, firefighting, filming, and seismic research services throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.

In this Spotlight, Chris Hill, HAI director of safety, makes a pitch to ditch the reckless strategy of "I Follow Roads" for navigating in poor weather. If you don't have good visual conditions, then file and fly IFR the right way. Otherwise, stay on the ground – and LIVE to fly another day!

Taupo, New Zealand–based EyeFly has reinvented the aerial-tour keepsake video by putting it in the cloud. The company's installed video system lets operators create an online link for customers to share via email and social media immediately after a trip. No more waiting until a DVD or thumb drive ....

On Monday, Jul. 27, 2020, Senate Republicans proposed a new round of economic relief for the US economy in a bill titled the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act. The $1 trillion coronavirus relief proposal serves as the Senate majority’s response to the much-broader $3 trillion HEROES Act, which passed earlier this summer in the House.

HAI sincerely regrets the passing of industry stalwart and past chairman of the Board of Directors James O. Wisecup. ...