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Helicopters Glide Like Maple Seeds. No Engine Required.

When a helicopter loses power, it doesn’t fall like a brick—it autorotates. Just like a maple seed. From engine-less gyro boats to WWII U-boat rotor kites, this episode unpacks how autorotation really ...
Automobiles, such as cars and trucks, move in two dimensions — they can either move forward or backward, and left or right. However, aircraft and gliders can move in three dimensions, meaning they can ...
FirstEnergy this week started deploying a helicopter-mounted aerial saw to proactively trim trees and vegetation along ...
The Helicopter Conservancy in New Richmond has a mission to preserve aircraft and the stories of their fliers.
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A video of a man fixing a powerline while attached to a helicopter in Waco has gone viral on Facebook, but experts in the field are saying this is more common than people think.