Helicopters

Texas operation captures and transports exotic animals by helicopter.

It’s the manufacturer’s first new aircraft in 15 years.

The scholarship aims to promote women in the helicopter industry and includes technical ground training and full-flight simulator training.

Newcomers to AirVenture Oshkosh often think they’re under constant surveillance, pointing to the low-level helicopter traffic over the grounds. Au contraire!

Does Santa’s sleigh run on horsepower or reindeer power? The point is moot this week, as the jolly old soul opts for an updated mode of transportation. Santa Claus will make a grand entrance at the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire in style—in a helicopter.  The touchdown is scheduled for 11 a.m. right outside the […]

The Schweizer 300C series has trained a whole lot of new helicopter pilots over its long lifetime, and now the new company shepherding this classic rotorcraft model has a great way to take older airframes and give them a second life. Schweizer has finished the first of its factory refreshed S300CBi helicopters. The new program […]

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the midair collision of two firefighter helicopters in California that killed three people on Sunday. According to multiple media sources, the two helicopters, a Bell and a Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane, were part of a six ship response to a fire in Cabazon, a small community in Riverside County […]

Learning from and flying with the manufacturer adds an irreplaceable piece to the rotary wing picture.

Several influential state and federal-level lawmakers are pushing to ban “non-essential” flights over the city. Can they do that?

New information raises serious questions about the flight and its pilot’s qualifications.