helicopter
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ABC 7’s helicopter is operated by Helinet, and KCAL’s helicopter is owned by Helicopters Inc..
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Jack Cress, a former helicopter pilot for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The tragedy has prompted soul-searching in the world of TV news helicopter pilots and focused attention on safety issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
There are unspoken rules that news helicopter pilots learn once they join, Lynn said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The shots from the helicopter were like bullets in Owen’s heart.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Television news helicopter coverage has become one of the most important elements of any local newscast, with the high-flying helicopters roaring overhead a common fixture of breaking news scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Marine Corps and a helicopter accident investigation instructor for USC’s Aviation Safety and Security Program, said news helicopters will often spend time hovering over an incident, sometimes at a low altitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
But even in the city and its immediate suburbs, it is helicopters used by the likes of police, travelers and news crews that often draw complaints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
A Japanese firefighting force sent to help tackle huge blazes in Indonesia is struggling to operate because the smog is too thick to fly helicopters, a spokesman told AFP on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Others say there is a supernatural force inside Mount Banahaw that pulls airplanes and helicopters down from the sky.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Mass opposition and a coup briefly deposed him, but after three days under guard on a military island, he helicoptered back to Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Instead, they recommended that Nusslock be helicoptered to UC San Francisco for an abortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
I could not see anything and I was helicoptered out, before spending two weeks in a coma in an army hospital in Kabul.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024
“Here’s the bottom line: When my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
He tumbled out of bounds at nearly 60 miles per hour, his skis helicoptering into the netting on one side of the slope.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
“Your moral stature is actually enhanced the more persecuted you are or want to be. It’s a generation of overparenting, protecting children from every conceivable harm, helicoptering over them and infantilizing them.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Eventually, Mike said, they went to Eagle Base, a Central Intelligence Agency compound, where officials were helicoptering some people, including lawful permanent residents like Mike and his wife, to the airport.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
Or in a game this season against Denver, when he lunged toward the goal line, absorbing multiple hits to the chest and helmet before helicoptering into the end zone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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