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How Long Can A Helicopter Hover In Place? (And What Is The Record?)
We've seen helicopters hover both in movies and in real life rescues, even briefly. When put to the test, how long can ...
What Limits The Top Speed Of Many Helicopters & How Does The V-280 Valor Solve It?
The Blackhawk helicopter is about to be replaced by the tiltrotor V-280 in the U.S. military. The new aircraft is much faster ...
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Bell 206L: All about the helicopter that crashed into Hudson River, killing six
The helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River this afternoon has been identified as a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV, according to radar data from FlightRadar24 ...
Tourist Family of 5 Killed in Helicopter Crash Is Laid to Rest. Their Funeral Included a Touching Song Choice
A funeral was held for the family of five who died earlier this month during a visit to New York City when their helicopter ...
NTSB finds tour helicopter that crashed into Hudson River was not equipped with any flight recorders
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed the tour helicopter that fatally crashed into the Hudson River on ...
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Bell secures Osprey production though 2027, spanning gap until FLRAA work begins
The rotorcraft manufacturer confirms that an order from the US Navy for five CMV-22 Osprey variants will sustain the Amarillo ...
A helicopter crash left a Siemens executive, his family and their pilot dead. Here’s what we know
A sightseeing helicopter plunged from the sky into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s ...
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Bell Revenues Surge 35% in First Quarter
Bell posted significant revenue growth and delivered 29 commercial helicopters, up from 18 in the same period in 2024.
Key pieces of evidence recovered in the wake of New York helicopter disaster
Now, the National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the helicopter’s main rotor system, including the transmission, ...
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Sarasota Sheriff's Office adds safety, abilities with new helicopter
But beyond its un-car-like 170 mph top speed and its ability to reach across the county in under 10 minutes, the 2024 Bell ...
A Siemens exec, his family and their pilot are dead after helicopter crashes into the Hudson River
A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the ...