Most of the world's fastest helicopter flights were in civilian aircraft, but there are plenty of military helicopters that ...

In the mid-1960s they even started work on converting the Mil Mi-6 — the USSR’s largest and fastest helicopter — to carry paying passengers. Unfortunately this never got past a single ...

Of course not all aircraft are built the same, so the speed depends on the helicopter's model. The Louisiana State Police flies the Bell 407, a model that recorded one of the fastest helicopter ...

But before Sikorsky sold the type certificate in 1992, the big helicopter was the Army CH-54, and it became famous for a feat that had nothing to do with lifting. In 1971, Army pilot James P.

“The Army helicopter pilots, they all know about the Cheyenne.” Richard looks at a picture of a Cheyenne in a scrapbook. “This is the fastest helicopter in the world. Even today. It would ...

A helicopter crashed in the backyard of a Chuluota home on Friday, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.