ROWLETT, Texas (AP) — Investigators found main rotor impact marks next to a tail boom that separated from a helicopter just before a crash near Dallas, the National Transportation Safety Board ...
Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon. One aviation expert says that the entire rotor assembly may have come off, causing the crash. The tragedy is the ...
The fundamental design principles behind rotary-wing aircraft date back to the Renaissance, with some of the earliest-known designs belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. Naturally, technology has ...
Emergency responders at the Mercy Flight crash that killed two pilots on April 26 in Elba have known that the Bell 429 helicopter landed in two pieces: the main body and the tail. Now a preliminary ...
Maryland State Police took their medical helicopters out of service over the past three days to examine tail rotor blades after two recent inspections revealed cracked paint, officials said. About ...
Navy Lt. James A. Mazzuchelli was killed after being struck by by the tail rotor of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter on February 21. (Marine Corps) Marine officials identified Navy Lt. James A. Mazzuchelli as ...
A little over a century ago, the idea of flying would have been laughable to many. Nonetheless, flying is entirely routine for millions today, and much of the reason that planes and helicopters are ...