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Westland Wessex: This Helicopter Turned Heads in “Full Metal Jacket”
The Westland Wessex was the first helicopter in the world with a gas turbine propulsion system to be produced in large numbers. “Get some! Get some! Get some, baby! Haha, get some! Anyone who runs is ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston14d
A timeline of the collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter in DC
A commercial passenger plane bound for Reagan National Airport collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River just outside of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. There were 64 ...
BBC14d
Leicester helicopter crash inquest: What we learned
(Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash More than six years after a helicopter crash at ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation14d
WA has 38 aircraft to fight bushfires including Black Hawk helicopters
There are 38 aircraft in WA to help fight bushfires, and four of them are ex-military Black Hawk helicopters. It takes special skills to pilot the Black Hawk but they are effective in battling a ...
Wall Street Journal14d
Black Boxes, 41 Bodies Recovered After Plane-Helicopter Collision
Authorities investigating the cause of this week's midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a military helicopter have recovered the black boxes from both aircraft.
Associated Press14d
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) A Coast Guard vessel with a crane works near the ...
Richmond14d
Mid-air collision draws attention to military helicopter training, previous accidents
To learn to fly a military helicopter is to take a master class in multitasking. You need both hands and both feet to control the aircraft while keeping a close eye on the horizon and your altitude.
Sky14d
Washington plane crash: What air traffic audio tells us about helicopter pilot's actions moments before mid-air collision
New audio reveals the helicopter pilot said he was able to see the American Airlines passenger plane, and twice requested permission to manoeuvre around it by sight and without further ground support.
New York Post14d
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high as it should have been — but the Black Hawk was not equipped with a ...
NewsChannel 3414d
FAA restricts helicopter traffic around Reagan National
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The FAA closed airspace near Reagan National Airport to most helicopter traffic, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, after an American Airlines CRJ-700 crashed into ...
Business Insider14d
The final minutes of American Airlines flight 5342
Bluestreak is the call sign for PSA flights. The pilots agreed, and within minutes, the plane collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. All 67 people on board both aircraft died. Business ...