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First Huey replacement helicopter delivered to US Air Force

Boeing announced on Monday it has delivered the first production MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter to the U.S. Air Force. The helicopter will be stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana, Boeing ...
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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 ...
The National Interest

The First Helicopter Was Far, Far Ahead of Its Time

Fixed-wing aviation began earlier, and progressed more quickly, than rotary-wing aviation. Fixed-wing aviation is generally understood to have started with the Wright Brothers, at Kitty Hawk, North ...
WESH

First Flight 2 helicopter takes off to improve critical care in Brevard

REQUEST A FREE MAINTENANCE KIT. AND BREVARD COUNTY HEALTH FIRST OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ITS FIRST FLIGHT, TWO CHOPPER, INTO SERVICE TODAY. THE DOUBLED AIR AMBULANCE PROGRAM WILL NOW PROVIDE FASTER ...
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Was the first working helicopter invented in Alexandria? Curious Louisiana learns the story

In 1922, Paul Leo Ortego created the first working helicopter in Alexandria and tested it on the corner of the city's Bolton and Rapides avenues. Ortego piloted the machine between 10 and 15 feet in ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s Mars Helicopter to Make First Flight Attempt Sunday

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is two days away from making humanity’s first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. If all proceeds as planned, the 4-pound (1.8-kg) ...
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Health First to expand First Flight operations with helicopter based in North Brevard

Health First is adding a second air ambulance helicopter to its First Flight operations to handle the increasing demand for emergency and trauma care, with the Space Coast's growing number of ...
The National Interest

Mil Mi-1: The USSR’s First Helicopter Punched Above Its Weight

The Mi-1’s simplicity, versatility, and reliability made it a workhorse for the USSR and its allies. Developed by the Mil Design Bureau, the Soviet Mil Mi-1 is the first helicopter produced by the ...
Newsday

106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach to get first helicopter training simulator in Northeast

Pilots stationed at the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing in Westhampton Beach will soon be able to safely train for a host of perilous conditions, as the base at Francis S. Gabreski ...
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German Navy receives first NH90 Sea Tiger helicopter from NHIndustries

The German Navy has received its first NH90 Sea Tiger helicopter from the NHIndustries joint venture at the Nordholz naval ...
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The First Helicopter Crash on Mars: NASA Pinpoints What Went Wrong During Ingenuity’s Final Flight

It’s been nearly a year since the record-breaking Ingenuity helicopter broke a blade, ending the airborne ventures of the first powered, controlled aircraft to take flight on another planet. Now, NASA ...