A helicopter at a slow speed such as during hover or landing is generating high velocity downwash. As the two Black Hawks flared to land, the immense rotor downwash quickly created a white out.<\/ ...

Few modes of transportation have captured the public’s imagination like blimps and other airships. Something about these ...

The horizontal stab was in fact moved forward along the tailboom because it wasn’t powerful enough for the helicopter outside the downwash. And importantly ... and we were off the ground, holding a ...

A coastguard helicopter is hovering over an abandoned beach in Devon tonight (Tuesday, April 29). The helicopter is above Redgate Beach in Torquay. The chopper, which took off from St Athan ...

The reason some commercial airlines look like they're hovering in place like a helicopter is because of a concept known as ...

A sightseeing helicopter that crashed in New York City’s Hudson River in April, killing all six people on board, "suddenly" broke apart before plummeting into the water, the National ...

Federal officials on Wednesday released images of a doomed New York City sightseeing helicopter as it broke apart in midair last month, killing six people. The series of still photographs taken ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials released new images Wednesday showing a helicopter that crashed in New York last month breaking apart in midair. The images show the moments the helicopter brok ...

The Army has paused all helicopter training flights around the Pentagon near Washington after disruptions to two commercial flights last Thursday. A senior Army spokesperson confirmed the pause to ...

The introduction of the helicopter changed how armies operate. This multi-role aircraft can be a potent offensive weapon, an efficient transport method, a crucial medevac resource, and a versatile ...