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Marine One in flight over Washington, D.C., 2005. Marine One is the call sign of any United States Marine Corps aircraft carrying the president of the United States. It usually denotes a helicopter operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One "Nighthawks", consisting of either the large Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King or the newer, smaller VH-60N "White Hawk".
2007-07-27. Phoenix, Arizona, United States. KNXV-TV and KTVK. Two Eurocopter AS350-B2 news helicopters from local television stations KNXV-TV and KTVK are involved in a mid-air collision and crash while covering a car chase in downtown Phoenix. The crash occurred over Steel Indian School Park.
Chicago Helicopter Airways was a short-hop commuter service that ran between O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway International Airport, Meigs Field, Winnetka, Illinois, and Gary, Indiana from 12 November 1956 to 1974. [1] [2] [3] Incorporated on 13 November 1926 as Helicopter Air Service, mail services were provided to 54 post offices ...
Stephen Colbert is taking “The Late Show” on the road. The late-night program will broadcast live from Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre during this year’s Democratic National Convention, also ...
16 July – Sikorsky S-76 A G-BJVX of Bristow Helicopters crashes into the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk following the loss of its rotor head in flight. All eleven people on board are killed. 19 August – A Mil Mi-26 of the Russian Air Force is shot down by Chechen separatists and crashes at Khankala, Chechnya.
Scheduled passenger helicopter airline service was also available between Meigs Field and Chicago O'Hare Airport and Chicago Midway Airport at different times over the years. From the late 1950s to late 1960s, Chicago Helicopter Airways operated 12-seat Sikorsky S-58C helicopters with frequent flights to both O'Hare and Midway.
Nine soldiers have died after a pair of US Army Blackhawk helicopters collided in the skies over Kentucky. The aircraft were being used for a training mission at the time of the accident. The ...
Boeing Vertol BV-347. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook ...