Aviation school receives retired military helicopter for student learning
The PIA School for Aviation Maintenance received the Sea Ranger Bell 206 helicopter from a government surplus reallocation program, providing an upgrade to their current training helicopter ...
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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 ...
Funeral held for 'last' WW2 RAF bomber pilot
The funeral for the man believed to have been the last surviving World War Two Bomber Command pilot has been held in Kent.
Hindustan Times13d
US restricts helicopter flights after Washington crash, 41 bodies recovered
WASHINGTON -U.S. authorities restricted helicopter flights near Reagan Washington National Airport indefinitely on Friday, after a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military ...
The Flying Potato & 10 More Of The Oddest Food-Related Military Aircraft Nicknames
Designers and crew like to give their aircraft nicknames—very often, the nickname that sticks is from an attribute of the ...
An air ambulance has crashed in Philadelphia. What to know about air medical transport
The child had been treated in Philadelphia for a life-threatening condition and was being transported home to Mexico, ...
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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 ...
CNN14d
Brazilian navy confirms location of World War II shipwreck
The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side of the Allies. It was transporting supplies ...
People14d
Army Identifies 2 Soldiers on Black Hawk Helicopter During D.C. Plane Crash but Withholds Third Name
Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39 U.S. Army (2) Three soldiers were on the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter when it collided with an American Airlines jet ...
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.
The Straits Times14d
Trump says Blackhawk helicopter in Washington crash was flying too high
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said on Jan 31 the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a regional passenger jet in Washington was flying too high at the time of the accident ...
Boston Herald14d
Pilots have reported repeated close calls similar to fatal collision near DC airport
The president’s helicopter transport ... the bustling airport is an aviation relic dating to the era before World War II, when all planes had propellers and airstrips were built on small ...