helicopter

Example Sentences

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Given my age and lack of recent high-altitude exertion, I could easily need a helicopter to get out.

From Los Angeles Times

Another instructor told Ben Schneider, a retired Idaho National Guardsman and Apache helicopter mechanic, that he had good vocal clarity but needed to work on his rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Weather conditions were extremely difficult, with low temperatures and poor visibility," he said, adding this made it hard for both drones and a helicopter to detect anything.

From BBC

A voice in his headset instructs him that there is enough room for one on a departing helicopter and that he must prioritize an American citizen.

From Los Angeles Times

In one operation about 35 nautical miles from the small island of Gavdos, off Crete, a coastguard vessel, a Danish freighter and a helicopter took 365 people off a fishing boat, according to the agency.

From Barron's