helicopter
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Jack Cress, a former helicopter pilot for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
The NBC4 crash marks the most serious incident involving an L.A. news chopper crew since 2000, when a Fox 11 helicopter covering the Academy Awards crashed and burst into flames at Van Nuys Airport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lynn headed down and started getting the helicopter ready for an “autorotation,” as heavy smoke started to shoot from the engine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
I watched them all, every news clip, the live helicopter footage, all the interviews.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
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
It was a big story — one that drew TV news helicopters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ecuadoran firefighters backed by helicopters on Friday battled a major blaze on a hill overlooking the capital Quito that has led to the evacuation of dozens of people.
From Barron's
And sometimes noisy helicopters flying overhead made it so we couldn’t hear a thing, and on those days, we would be sent home.
From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai
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
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
The British-Thai driver was helicoptered to Coventry hospital but released later on Sunday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2022
I helicoptered my arms, trying to catch my balance.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
Wainschel, a vice president at an automotive marketing technology company, says he doesn’t think his outreach qualifies as helicoptering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 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
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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