Sometime in the mid-1980s, a former chief pilot of the Lakewood (Calif.) Sheriff’s Station helicopter patrol program informed me of the perversity of helicopters. A plane with wings, he said, ...

You likely never heard of the northwest Wisconsin organization devoted to preserving helicopters and spotlighting the stories of the people who flew them. The Helicopter Conservancy, located in a ...

April 10 (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter crashed in New York's Hudson River off lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. It was the latest in a series of accidents ...

Jennifer Grieves, the first woman to pilot Marine One, retires from her post. July 17, 2009 — -- Maj. Jennifer Grieves is the first female helicopter aircraft commander in the history of Marine ...

A fatal crash Thursday became the latest incident in a long history of helicopter wrecks in the New York City area. The latest crash occurred in the Hudson River near the West Side Highway and Spring ...

At least 38 people have died in helicopter accidents in New York City since 1977, when an accident on a skyscraper landing pad led the city to start putting restrictions on where choppers could land.

The Helicopter Conservancy is located in New Richmond. Its mission is to preserve aircraft, put helicopters in historic perspective. The nonprofit group also collects and preserves stories of the ...

(Reuters) - A tourist helicopter crashed in New York's Hudson River off lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. It was the latest in a series of accidents involving ...