Helicopter stories:
UK Evacuates Hundreds From Floods by Helicopter
Nov 20th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Heavy rains in northwesternEngland and southwestern Scotland triggered the region’s worstfloods on record, forcing the evacuation of hundreds ofresidents amid reports that 11 people were missing.Hudson River airspace gets new rules
Nov 16th, 2009 - CNN
New York (CNN) -- Reacting to a fatal collision of a sightseeing helicopter and small plane over the Hudson River in New York in August, a federal agency announced new regulations Monday tightening its control of the airspace.
The new rules...Rockefeller Center Christmas tree chosen, chopped down
Nov 12th, 2009 - New York Pos
A 76-foot Norway spruce that was the pride of Maria Corti's back yard in Easton, Conn. was cut down yesterday and sent to Manhattan to become the Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree.
Corti...Space elevator team wins $900,000 from NASA
Nov 7th, 2009 - MSNBC
A Seattle-based team has won $900,000 in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build machines powered by laser beams that can climb a cable in the sky.Space elevator contest heats up
Nov 6th, 2009 - MSNBC
Pull me up, Scotty. At least one team has qualified for part of a $2 million prize up for grabs in this year's Space Elevator Games, a NASA-sponsored contest to build...
Helicopter videos from YouTube:
3:40Bloc Party - Helicopter
Music video for Bloc Party's single "Helicopter". www.wichita-recordings.com
0:453 Dead in Nevada Medical Helicopter Crash
A pilot and two crew members aboard a medical helicopter died early Saturday when their aircraft crashed near Reno, Nevada. (Nov. 15)
1:31Locals win a free helicopter tour
Recently, some lucky Rhode Island viewers had a chance to see the state from the sky with a free helicopter ride!
3:51Red Bull Helicopter does back flips!
Yes, it does back flips. It is a Eurocopter BO-105 CBS 4 Twin engine helicopter. Stock model with a Rigid Rotor system, the fixed rotor is why it can do aerobatics. www.redbullusa.com
Helicopter from WikiPedia:
A helicopter is an aircraft that 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 because the helicopter achieves lift with the rotor blades which rotate around a mast. The word 'helicopter' is adapted from the French hélicoptère, coined by Gustave de Ponton d'Amecourt in 1861, which originates from the Greek helix/helik- (????-) = 'spiral' or 'turning' and pteron (??????) = 'wing'.
The primary advantage of a helicopter is from the rotor which provides lift without the aircraft needing to move forward, allowing the helicopter to take off and land vertically without a runway. For this reason, helicopters are often used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft cannot take off or land. The lift from the rotor also allows the helicopter to hover in one area more efficiently than other forms of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, allowing it to accomplish tasks that fixed-wing aircraft cannot perform.
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