helicopter

Greetings from Dallas as here for Verticon 2025 (formerly Heli Expo for several decades) organised by the Vertical Aviation International (formerly Helicopter Association International) so privileged to be invited by Robinson Helicopter to see their revolutionary new R88. As a first it carries...

Hi my friends! Quite recently one of the this forum users (@StriX) poked me and in effect triggered me to follow what I have on my mind for w while: to compile a publication on a Masquito helicopters. As you may know - there is two members to the family - the M58 and the M80, but in total the...

Hi friends. A new helicopter is here - the NR550 Freighter. It is a single-seat coaxial helicopter designed by the team which previously was involved in development of other coaxial helicopters in Germany. The main person behind it is Mr Vitali Brandt (original spelling). Project is based in...

American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ-700, has collided with a US Army Blackhawk out of Fort Belvoir near Reagan International Airport in D.C. Current reports say both the helicopter, and the two halves of the CRJ, are in the Potomac River. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7kxx74yxlt

Hi. Today I encountered facebook post showing high-school trip to the TESI company in Italy. Among pictures supplementing this post are couple showing a helicopter. Description mentions that it is a prototype located in its R&D department and is undergoing "certification". Here is a picture of...

RFP Kicks Off USAF Combat Rescue Helo Posted by Graham Warwick 7:22 AM on Oct 23, 2012 Source: http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a02eaab0a-317e-4b98-8774-bc1faedaf2ea No...

Hi friends, Recently I stumbled upon a >>facebook post<< showing a couple of pictures of a two-seater helicopter. It resembles a Rotorway Exec - especially when you look at rotors - but comments say that it is a different animal powered by a Jabiru 3300 Gen4 engine, with fuel system and exhaust...

Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...

Greetings, saw a thread on the forum with a flying SAM. I have an idea to develop such a project using a mega helicopter with good armor, missile interception, missiles in the arsenal of the helicopter (beech and others). Help to develop such a project

Schweizer's CEO - David Horton - during 2024 edition of Heli-Expo teased about company's potential next project (if funding will be available) - the model S444: Source

Although the excellent AH1 Cobra was deployed to Europe in the 1970s and received TOW missiles to help it kill Soviet armour, noone else in NATO could afford it. That left W Germany sticking six HOT missile launchers on its Bo 105 light observation helicopter and the British Army SS11 missiles...

Sweden is generally a very small player on the helicopter market, however, there are a number of projects throughout history. If you know any little information, please post here. Below i put a Westland Lynx armed with eight RBS70 anti aircraft missiles, probably a mockup, iirc from 1989.

The US Huey Cobra was a formidable gunship helicopter. Unlike the later Apache which has found widespread use.with NATO, the Cobra did not get much NATO use. West Germany should have been a major user. TOW equipped Cobras would have added much to Bundeswehr units. Instead the Boelkow B105...

A thread or discuss about Iranian forward base/helicopter carrier IRINS Makran. Projects, armament and other.

I am amateur writer, I am currently on my 26th page of what I am writing. I have so far come up with help of friends in the military : 1. Tank with two variants (tracks and wheels) 2. Support vehicle of said tank Now I am lacking other important components of army : helicopters and planes...

Looking for any documentation in regards to the A129 International, i have some stuff of my own however it wouldn't hurt having a bit more since this helicopter has not really been vastly documented when compared to other counterparts.

Dear fellow members, Attached is just a little teaser of what is coming up to the market soon.

The Centenary Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society 1866 - 1966 (Vol 70, No 661, January 1966) carries a piece (pp.235-242) by Raoul Hafner on "British Rotorcraft". He compiled his history by getting first-hand accounts from his helicopter-making colleagues (for he was among them), right...

I'm painting the art for the Sikorsky S-72 X-wing. Which aircraft’s landing gear (undercarriage) was used for the S-72 X-wing landing gear? It seems to be similar to the Sikorsky S-70 (UH-60 Black Hawk ) in terms of wheels. Sikorsky S-72, SH-72J_JMSDF , UH-72J_JASDF , VFH-72N, fanart...

The RAF's Puma's are due out of service in 2025. What are the likely replacements going to be? I think the most logical choice is one of the Leonardo products AW149?