The first time I ever flew in a helicopter was a tour flight around Manhattan and I remember my girlfriend giving me a funny look when we had to don these green headsets that thousands of other...
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Skimming the top of the clouds in a helicopter is one of the most surreal feelings. Bouncing from cloud to cloud or skimming off the tops of the white wispy stuff makes you feel like Aladdin on his...
How Fast Can a Helicopter Fly? Top 10 Civilian & Military Comparisons
Being able to travel fast in a helicopter is always at the top of most passengers 'Want List'. Getting to the destination fast, being able to land in confined locations, and doing it smooth and quiet...
The joys of gaining your Private Pilot Certificate are a well-earned achievement, but now you have your license what exactly can you do with it? I used to take friends and family out for flights...
As the decades of helicopter design has passed so to seem to be the number of blades appearing on helicopters. Two main rotor blades were once a common design but now we see helicopters with up to 8...
When you first walk up to a helicopter and peer inside you are presented with some odd-looking levers that you know are somehow used to control the thing but are not quite sure how. This was my first...