The fundamental design principles behind rotary-wing aircraft date back to the Renaissance, with some of the earliest-known designs belonging to Leonardo da Vinci. Naturally, technology has ...

A little over a century ago, the idea of flying would have been laughable to many. Nonetheless, flying is entirely routine for millions today, and much of the reason that planes and helicopters are ...

Many peoplehave never flown in a helicopter and consider them playthings of the rich. Butthese vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing aircraft impact our lives in many surprisingways. "Thepublic isn?t ...

ROWLETT, TexasROWLETT, Texas — Investigators found main rotor impact marks next to a tail boom that separated from a helicopter just before a crash near Dallas, the National Transportation Safety ...

A Navy sailor was in a hospital in critical condition Friday after being struck by a spinning helicopter tail-rotor blade at Camp Pendleton, military authorities reported. The accident at the Marine ...

Emergency responders at the Mercy Flight crash that killed two pilots on April 26 in Elba have known that the Bell 429 helicopter landed in two pieces: the main body and the tail. Now a preliminary ...

Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon. One aviation expert says that the entire rotor assembly may have come off, causing the crash. The tragedy is the ...