We Are The Mighty on MSN
The tiny Cold War helicopter the Marines almost took into combat
The 1950s were a time of rapid innovation in aviation. The world emerged from World War II with an intense curiosity about ...
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The Son Of The Practical Helicopter's Inventor Just Passed, Here's How Sikorsky Changed Aviation Forever
For about 76 years, helicopters have served the world as an important alternative to fixed-wing aircraft. Helicopters can go places and do things that airplanes cannot, like save mariners stuck at sea ...
First attempts (1907-1922) -- Early searching (1922-1934) -- Take-off (1935-1945) -- Post World War II -- Jet-tip helicopters -- Status of the helicopter industry in 1956 -- Utilization of helicopters ...
The idea of the helicopter dates back to the Renaissance—but the contraptions could not be built until the development of modern aerospace engineering during the interwar period. Few platforms in ...
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The UH-1N “Huey” Helicopter Was Just Retired. What Comes Next?
The Huey’s designated successor, the MH-139A Grey Wolf, has suffered from delays and cost overruns and is not yet prepared to replace it.
Sometime in the mid-1980s, a former chief pilot of the Lakewood (Calif.) Sheriff’s Station helicopter patrol program informed me of the perversity of helicopters. A plane with wings, he said, ...
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