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It looked odd, but the Piasecki H-21 was no joke. This early combat helicopter led the charge in Vietnam’s first air assault ...
The first commercially available helicopter was the Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly in the early 1940s, and it had wheels. Skids wouldn't come along until 1953, thanks to Bell Helicopter.
Sikorsky's HH-3E was known as the Jolly Green Giant. It was 73 feet long and weighed in at 22,050 pounds when fully laden, making it a giant indeed.
Of course—unlike the helicopters that dominated the skies over Vietnam a decade later—the H-13 Sioux was unarmored. ... this early helicopter more than proved its mettle in the Korean War, ...
After returning from Vietnam, McCluskey flew helicopters for Utility Helicopters in Long Beach, ... Once while he was out running in the early 1990s, a UH-1 National Guard helicopter flew over, ...
Airbus struck a deal with budget airline VietJet for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday, where ...
The U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz departed the South China Sea Monday morning, canceling a planned port call in central Vietnam as it changed course westward toward the Middle East.. At ...
In scenes of celebration, protest and trepidation, masses of Americans cheered a rousing Army parade like none seen in ...
Fred Smith, who transformed the parcel shipping industry by risking his family’s fortune to found FedEx Corp. in 1971, has ...
The "No Kings" protest is taking place in cities across the country in response to Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C ...
A steel gray fuselage with a bright red star painted on the side tail was about as ornate as the Soviets got when painting ...