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    and coaxial-rotor, tiltrotor and compound helicopters are also all flying today. Four-rotor helicopters (quadcopters) were pioneered as early as 1907...
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  • rebranded Airbus Helicopters on 2 January 2014. Airbus Helicopters was formed in 1992 as Eurocopter S.A., through the merger of the helicopter divisions of...
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    armored vehicles. Attack helicopters are also used as protective escort for transport helicopters, or to supplement lighter helicopters in the armed reconnaissance...
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    conversion. The most common use of military helicopters is transport of troops, but transport helicopters can be modified or converted to perform other...
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    is one of the world's leading developers of helicopters, with particular expertise in heavy-lift helicopters. It has developed both civil and military versions...
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    Hughes Helicopters was a major manufacturer of military and civilian helicopters from the 1950s to the 1980s. The company began in 1947, as a unit of...
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    Aircraft Division (later Hughes Helicopters). This began the phase 1 of the competition. Each company built prototype helicopters and went through a flight...
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    MD Helicopters, LLC. (formerly McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems) is an American aerospace manufacturer. It produces light utility helicopters for commercial...
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    production and a five-year contract for 1,227 helicopters in December 2007. By March 2009, 100 UH-60M helicopters had been delivered to the Army. In November...
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    This is a list of United States military helicopters. List of U.S. military equipment named for Native Americana U.S. DoD aircraft designations table...
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    The Airbus Helicopters H175 (formerly Eurocopter EC175) is a 7-ton class super-medium utility helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters. In China, the...
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    turbine engine helicopters which have proven to be more effective in operational scenarios. The arising issue with civilian use helicopters is the price...
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    The Airbus Helicopters H125 (formerly Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil (or Squirrel)) is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured...
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  • abseiling and roping. Transport helicopters are operated in assault, medium and heavy classes. Air assault helicopters are usually the smallest of the...
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  • Universal Helicopters, Haida Helicopters, Lac Saint-Jean Aviation, Dominion-Pegasus Helicopters, Sept-Iles Helicopter Services, Associated Helicopters and Bow...
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    Airbus Helicopters H145 (formerly Eurocopter EC145) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. Originally...
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  • Bristow name. Bristow Helicopters was established by Alan Bristow in June 1955; two years later, it acquired its first pair of helicopters in the form of the...
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  • to acquire a minority stake in Russian Helicopters (part of the Rostec State Corporation). Russian Helicopters valuation was estimated at $2.35 billion...
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    First Indochina wars, in the form of armed helicopters; where utility, cargo, and observation military helicopters were modified to carry various weapons...
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    helicopters first appeared in the 1970s, and were linked to reports of cattle mutilation. Jim Keith wrote two books on the subject: Black Helicopters...
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    The Airbus Helicopters H160 (formerly X4) is a medium utility helicopter developed by Airbus Helicopters. Formally launched at Heli-Expo in Orlando, Florida...
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    application in helicopter design. There are currently three production helicopters that incorporate the NOTAR design, all produced by MD Helicopters. This antitorque...
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  • commercial products (407, 412, 429, 505). Aviation portal Leonardo Helicopters Airbus Helicopters Sikorsky Aircraft "Lisa Atherton Named President and CEO of...
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    The Airbus Helicopters H130 (formerly Eurocopter EC130) is a single engine light utility helicopter developed from the earlier Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil...
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    operating tandem rotor helicopters; in present times, exclusively the Boeing Vertol 107 and Boeing Vertol 234. These helicopters are used in stream restoration...
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  • Westland Helicopters was a British aircraft manufacturer. Originally Westland Aircraft, the company focused on helicopters after the Second World War...
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  • helicopter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A black helicopter is a symbol related to conspiracy theories. Black Helicopter or Black Helicopters may...
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    A helicopter carrier is a type of aircraft carrier whose primary purpose is to operate helicopters. It has a large flight deck that occupies a substantial...
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    The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500...
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    the helicopter was considerably faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, and is still one of the fastest helicopters in...
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