helicopter
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The wreckage of a New York sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River, killing six people, showed signs of a bird strike, investigators said on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
The defense secretary reversed the suspension of an Apache helicopter aircrew that hovered near the home of musician Kid Rock in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The helicopter was transporting 25 intelligence experts and four special forces crew from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness when it crashed in foggy weather.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies have searched for Goforth on horseback and in off-road vehicles, using search-and-rescue dogs, drones and a helicopter, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
They were two hundred feet below the bridge, surrounded by trees and bramble, and there wasn’t a place for a helicopter to land.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
He said crews were "doing all we possibly can to try and stop this fire from spreading any further", including dropping water from helicopters and carrying out reconnaissance with drones and aircraft.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Two days after the Summer of Ludd ended, private jets and helicopters descended on Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to herald the start of the Allen & Co.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
President Trump said a contribution from the defense contractor will go toward a new South Lawn pad for Marine One helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The landing site aims to solve problems associated with the new fleet of presidential helicopters built by Sikorsky, Trump said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Surely even Luxembourg’s got more than three decent helicopters?
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
“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
Jedda-Boy was talking about how once when he lived in Nevada, he got helicoptered to a secret location to measure some land.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
While the Kraken carefully monitored this summer’s No. 4 overall pick, Shane Wright, in camp to ensure he felt comfortable and not overburdened, there wasn’t quite the same helicoptering with Beniers.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
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
Inspired by the aerodynamics of these helicoptering pods, as well as other gliding, spinning tree seeds, engineers claim to have crafted the smallest ever wind-borne machines, which they call “microfliers.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2021
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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