helicopter
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Sept. 19, 2026For the Record: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated KCAL’s helicopter is owned by Angel City Air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
During a police chase, for example, the first helicopter on the scene immediately takes the front position left of the fleeing vehicle, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The next helicopter takes a position behind that helicopter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The crash that killed three people on Tuesday night, including two NBC4 journalists, involved a single-engine AS350 B2 helicopter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
A man in a Department of Natural Resources uniform leaned out of the helicopter with a hunting rifle in his hands, and the bottom fell out of Owen’s stomach.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
That is to stay above police helicopters, under commercial flights, and still have enough space in case they need to perform an emergency autorotation procedure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
He retired in December 2024 at 59 and now runs a business taking aerial photography from helicopters in remote locations around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Karipuna said he is already feeling the impact of oil exploration because of "the noise from planes and helicopters," which he said scares away birds and game.
From Barron's
When they saw those helicopters, did they realize what it meant?
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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
Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
On the couple’s 10-year anniversary, they helicoptered to the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, then to a tubular iceberg where the client finally proposed.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
After helicoptering to the compound in Pakistan, O’Neill said he and other SEALs reached a third-floor bedroom where bin Laden was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
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
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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