The first helicopter can be traced back hundreds of years. In the early fourteenth century, the Chinese made toy flying tops that consisted of four rotor blades attached to a spindle. String was wound on the spindle, and, when pulled, sent the rotors...

The invention of the helicopter was a long and difficult process. Although the first practical helicopter was developed years after the first successful flight of an airplane, the concept of rotary flight predates that of the fixed-wing plane and goes...

A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing aircraft...

H-60 SEAHAWK BRIEFING: The Navy is executing a Helicopter Master Plan and its Helicopter Concept of Operations, through which it will reduce the different type/model/series of helicopters currently operating to two new H-60 variants: the MH-60R and the MH-60S. These forward-looking plans will...

Overall, FY05 was another mixed year in the Air Force helicopter world in terms of the benchmark Class A Flight mishap rate. The MH-53 and the UH-1 experienced an exceptional year, with no Class A mishaps. However, HH-60s were far above five- and...

State and federal officials on Saturday blamed each other for allowing nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters to sit idle while deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged to improve the state's response to battling wildfires.The head of the state's firefighting agency lashed...

A helicopter carrying aides to President Gen. Pervez Musharraf crashed Monday as the Pakistani leader flew to Kashmir. Though blamed on a technical fault, the accident revived concern for Musharraf's safety as his war with Islamic militants intensifies.The army said four people died when the...