“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself. Army aviators face an existential crisis.
Two people were pulled from the copter, three others on the ground were hurt. Five people were injured and rushed to hospitals after a helicopter crashed in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday.
The images, reportedly captured in April, show a compound helicopter with coaxial main rotors and pusher propeller, which bears similarity to Sikorsky’s X2 Technology. Few days after photos emerged of ...
When most people hear the term "autopilot," the mental image that follows is that of two pilots sitting in a cockpit, sipping coffee while the plane does all the work. Helicopters might seem more ...
Helicopters are incredible machines and while they're used daily for everything from traffic reports to transporting troops, some people aren't so sure they'd ever step inside one. It's easy to get ...
A US Army official said the Apache helicopter faces threats that may reduce its battlefield prowess. Lt. Gen. Joseph Ryan said the older Apache AH-64D is no longer a "war-winning capability." Efforts ...
The doomed tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last month, killing six people, emitted “loud bangs” before breaking into three pieces, the National Transportation Safety Board said ...
The pilot of the tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon could not have done anything to save himself or his five passengers after the aircraft’s rotor blades and ...
New York Helicopter Charter, the company which operated the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday killing six people, was also involved in dangerous incidents in 2013 ...
New details have emerged regarding the final moments of the helicopter that plunged into the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Thursday afternoon. The pilot of the doomed aircraft reportedly ...
Agustín Escobar, a Siemens executive from Spain, was sightseeing in New York City with his family when their helicopter crashed, killing everyone on board, senior law enforcement officials said.
At least twice before in the past 12 years, aircraft operated by the firm New York Helicopter Charter failed while in flight. By Patrick McGeehan The firm that operated the helicopter that crashed in ...