The U.S. Forest Service has shifted aerial wildfire firefighting resources along Colorado's Front Range. Two large 'sky crane ...

New aerial video footage released by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) shows the moments after a tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River last week, killing six people, including ...

Another dozer-capable helicopter, the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane, sports a skeletal fuselage. Its central winch system can lift 20,000 pounds (enough for a small bulldozer) or carry a belly tank to ...

The collection also includes a copy of Eastman's master's thesis paper, entitled, "Helicopter Power Reduction in an Aerial Refueling Mode of Flight" (1969); a copy of the June 2003 issue of National ...

NEW YORK – A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of five Spanish tourists in the ...

From 2013 to 2020, helicopter accidents in the United States fell 36%, according to the United States Helicopter Safety Team.. The FAA and NTSB oversee helicopter tour operations, and the safety ...

Previously, he worked for the Heli-1 company flying Blackhawks, a type of helicopter used in the military and in aerial firefighting. On Thursday Mr. Johnson was flying a Bell 206L LongRanger, ...

The helicopter took off from a downtown heliport at around 3 p.m. and flew north along ... and recovery crews hoisted the mangled helicopter out of the water just after 8 p.m. using a floating crane.