An important aviation milestone was made in 1939 when the Sikorsky VS-300 made its maiden flight, becoming the first successful operational helicopter. It soon introduced the world to a new form of ...

From unstable airframes to a lack of safety features, not all pilots in the US Air Force are qualified to fly these aircraft. The program intends to deliver 200 CH-53K helicopters to replace the aging ...

The origins of military helicopters go back to the 1940s when the U.S. Army appointed aviator Igor Sikorsky to build a more advanced version of the VS-300, his first model. This new aircraft, known as ...

Motorists helped heave a medical helicopter off a passenger pinned underneath after it crashed Monday night and landed upside-down in the eastbound lanes of a Sacramento highway, California officials ...

Airbus Helicopters combines the technological innovations of a set of French and German firms that, through industrial concentration, became a modern international powerhouse Like much of the ...

A drone expert has gone the extra mile and developed a heavy-duty, remotely piloted platform that could, among other things, transform reforestation efforts for the better. The freshly launched Condor ...