A daring nighttime helicopter rescue by the NYPD in ferocious winds and bitter cold early Sunday saved a pair of West Point cadets stranded on a mountaintop about 60 miles north of Manhattan.
The pilot, Officer Steve Browning, 52, of Shirley, described in an interview how he struggled against winds gusting to 32 mph as his [...]
I have examined and test flown this newly developed AK 1-3 helicopter in Poltava Ukraine. Would like to compare notes with any one else who has also flown it. I rate the engineering design and build quality as outstanding. There are no castings used in its manufacture, but only CNC machined parts, including the main [...]
Senator Charles Schumer promise to try and save the Presidential Helicopter Program. Last week, the Lockheed Martin Owego stop work on the Presidential Helicopter program.
The order affects Phase 1 and Phase 2. Schumer’s proposing to include Phase 1 in the House and Senate budgets.
“We haven’t gotten any commitments, but we are getting an [...]
In a sky-high drama construction workers on Saturday installed the underpinnings for the spire atop Donald Trump’s Chicago skyscraper, which ranks as America’s second-tallest building after Sears Tower.
Sikorsky S-61 helicopter dangled three-legged steel sections of the spire over the tower’s roof. Ironworkers aligned the sections, then bolted them into place, despite the blasts of cold [...]
Helicopter development is hampered by the fact that for so long it has been a zero sum game, with designers only able to improve forward speed at the expense of hovering ability and low speed control, and vice versa. This, combined with other inherent design restrictions, has kept the top cruise speed for conventional helicopters [...]
