VHA First Meeting Wrapup

March 23, 2026

A Successful First Meeting to Start 2026

Today the VHA Had it's first meeting of 2026 above Charley's at KJGG, and overall the mission was a great success!


We covered some interesting news from Verticon, heard a great presentation from Steven Burge about the shortage of A&P Mechanics that is starting to become a real problem for the industry, and Mitchell then discussed some accidents and trends from 2025 in the helicopter industry.


We also had lots of exciting announcements for the VHA itself, including an announcement that later this year, the VHA will be throwing a public event to celebrate 20 years since the first VHA meeting in June of 2006. More details to come!


If you're interested in hearing any more VHA announcements, Steven's talk, or Mitchell's talk, all are captured in the Zoom recording from the meeting, found here: ZOOM RECORDING LINK


Our next VHA meeting date is still TBD, but expect something to be announced in the coming week or so, with a likely date around June. Everyone, fly safe!