HAI Heli-Expo 2022 held in Dallas, Texas welcomed 13,083 helicopter professionals from 72 countries. Attendees packed a show floor that hosted 590 exhibitors featuring the latest aircraft, engines, avionics and other goods and services for rotorcraft and uncrewed aircraft businesses. More than 40 rotorcraft were spread across the show floor.

“This was such a dynamic event thanks to the extremely positive response by the industry,” says HAI president and CEO James Viola. “I can see that our industry and our people could not wait to get together in person.”

Safety, networking and education remained a focus. As is traditional, the expo kicked off with the HAI Safety Symposium, featuring first person stories about pilots who survived accidents and the lessons that others can use to avoid similar experiences. The HAI Rotor Safety Zone included virtual-reality training devices, a helicopter configured to test preflight inspection capabilities, the 56 Seconds to Live IFR training programme and representatives of aviation safety programmes from around the world. More than 2,000 attendees took advantage of the Rotor Safety Challenge education sessions.

“Sharing safety information throughout our industry and around the world is critical to the ongoing health of rotorcraft operations. We have got to have a safe industry to have a prosperous industry,” adds Viola. “The active interest in our safety programming shown by attendees is a sign of our strengthening safety culture.”

Plans are under way for HAI's 75th anniversary celebration next year in Atlanta, Georgia.