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Check Out This Bicycle-Powered Helicopter
The Sikorsky Prize — offering $250,000 for a human-powered helicopter flight lasting 60 seconds — has gone unclaimed for 30 years, as many projects have tried and failed to meet its requirements.But...
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Poland Goes Window Shopping For Army Helicopters
The Armament Inspectorate of Poland has released the news that negotiations regarding the technical side of the helicopter contract under which 70 helicopters will be procured by the Polish Armed...
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Mi-17 Helicopter Flying Between Buildings Causes Panic In Warsaw
On Jul. 27. 2013, an unusual sight in the skies over Warsaw caused some city residents to make panicked calls to the police: a huge Russian Mi-17 (Mi-171) helicopter was flying at very low altitude in...
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Portuguese Helicopter Formation Looks Like Something Out Of 'Apocalypse Now'
The image in this post was taken from an EH101 “Merlin” of the Portuguese Air Force during exercise Hot Blade 2013.Two EH101 (AW.101) helicopters of the 751 Squadron “Pumas”, based in Air Force Base...
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Here's Syria's Official Statement About That Downed Helicopter
Provided the following is genuine (since it was published on Facebook, it is hard to determine its authentiticy), it represents the official statement of the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces,...
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See How Investigators Pulled A Crashed Helicopter From The Bottom Of The...
Investigators have successfully recovered a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter that crashed in the Arctic Ocean September 9, killing all three people on board.After the crash, whose cause has not yet been...
View ArticleChinese Helicopter Pilot Must Have Nerves Of Steel To Land On This Ship...
Landing a helicopter on the helipad of a warship is not easy.Landing it in bad weather may be a sort of nightmare.The following video shows a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy‘s Kamov Ka-28...
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Video Of Syrian Helicopter Surviving A Surface-To-Air Missile Hit Made Into A...
Footage from the Syrian Air War, showing a Syrian Mi-8 helicopter hit by a surface-to-air missile, was turned into a commercial by a Ukrainian company.In order to showcase the resilience of their...
View Article6 Nerve-Wracking GIFs Of Planes And Helicopters Experiencing Incredibly Close...
Flying is an incredibly safe way to travel, but there are still close calls. To drive that point home, Reddit user OnTheInternetNoOneKnowsYoureADog posted this compilation of aviation near accidents.In...
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Death Toll Up To 9 After Police Helicopter Crashes Into Scotland Pub
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of people killed after a helicopter crashed into a pub in Scotland's biggest city Glasgow rose to nine, police said on Monday.Officers continue to sift through the...
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US Navy Helicopter Crash On The Virginia Coast Kills Two
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy helicopter crashed off the Virginia coast on Wednesday, killing two of five crew members while another is missing, the military said.The MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter...
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Scientists Finally Have An Explanation For Why Helicopters Are So Loud
It goes without saying that helicopters are really loud. What's trickier is explaining why, and finding a way to make the explanation visible to the naked eye.But researchers from the German Aerospace...
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Here's A Birds-Eye View From A Black Hawk Helicopter
This incredible photo captures the daily view of a US soldier from a Black Hawk helicopter.The first generation of Black Hawk helicopters entered the US Army in 1979. Since then, the helicopter has...
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Stunning Photo Of 24 US Apache Attack Helicopters Performing A Mass Landing
This photo shows 24 AH-64D Longbow Apache attack helicopters with the 4th Aerial Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade conduct a mass landing at Camp Humphreys,...
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A New Robotic System Turns Regular Navy Helicopters Into Unmanned Drones
The Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System, or AACUS for short, is a set of sensors and software developed by Near Earth Autonomy for remotely piloting military helicopters.The system essentially turns...
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Uber Is Selling Scenic Helicopter Rides In India For $85
Looking for a unique gift this Father's Day?Uber will offer helicopter tours in Mumbai, India beginning June 15. The service includes a complimentary private driver to pick you up and take you to and...
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Here's A Glimpse Of The Navy's Amazing New Autonomous Helicopter
An MQ-8C Fire Scout was spotted on a trailer on I-405 Northbound at Newport Beach, California.The MQ-8C Fire Scout is a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B drone...
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10 American Black Hawk Helicopters Were Accidentally Blanketed In Fire...
A contractor accidentally triggered a fire suppression system, filling a hangar and a nearby flight line at the Oklahoma National Guard Guard aviation facility in Tulsa with foam, Dan Lamothe reported...
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Russia Has Gone Ahead And Built The Helicopters For Those French Mistrals
A press release by company Russian Helicopters suggests that the Ka-52K helicopter (K stands for korabielny, which means naval), is ready and the first units of the rotor-craft have already been...
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The Soviet Union Decided To Invade Afghanistan 35 Years Ago Today
The US is ending its 13-year-old combat operation in Afghanistan later this month. But thirty-five years ago today, key players within the Soviet Union decided to commit the empire to military...
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