copter

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Tested in Singapore in January, the system lets a copter crew launch a drone, control it from the cockpit and receive live footage to locate an area or a target without putting themselves at risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

I thought I heard a helicopter flying low but thought in that pea soup a copter could not be flying so put it out of mind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2025

Migrants, some wearing shorts and flip-flops, clung to their rescuers as they were pulled up into the copter.

From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2023

I wonder what it felt like to stand below as the copter floated above, leaving him behind.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

The copter lifted us out of the wave’s path.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin