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Presidential Helicopter Program

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 [...]

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Trump Tower helicopter operation

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 [...]

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Milestone for Sikorsky X2 helicopter

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 [...]

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