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Recent Examples of rotary-wing aircraft
Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including more than 60 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Equipped with these sophisticated flight controllers, the fly-by-wire BlackFly is similar in that regard to the hobbyist drones that rely on processors and clever algorithms to avoid the tricky manipulations of sticks, levers, and pedals required to fly a traditional fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2022
The Stinger, in service with more than 18 countries and the US armed forces, has scored more than 270 hits against fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations.
—Eric Tegler, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
That facility had 150 workers who made sheet metal components and assemblies for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
Its fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft will be based out of Barbados and Guadeloupe respectively.
—Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 23 Sep. 2017
Leonard David, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Cal Fire has the largest civil aerial firefighting fleet in the world, including more than 60 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Equipped with these sophisticated flight controllers, the fly-by-wire BlackFly is similar in that regard to the hobbyist drones that rely on processors and clever algorithms to avoid the tricky manipulations of sticks, levers, and pedals required to fly a traditional fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2022
The Stinger, in service with more than 18 countries and the US armed forces, has scored more than 270 hits against fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations.
—Eric Tegler, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
That facility had 150 workers who made sheet metal components and assemblies for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 19 Feb. 2020
Its fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft will be based out of Barbados and Guadeloupe respectively.
—Elizabeth Koh, miamiherald, 23 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotary-wing aircraft
Noun
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Monday’s raid amounted to a month’s worth of rotorcraft destruction.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Dominican officials initially discussed having Henry, 74, fly to Santo Domingo before taking a helicopter across the border, a plan that had been briefed to U.S. and United Nations officials, perhaps using a rotorcraft with night vision for the mission.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Since the collision on January 29, the NTSB issued an urgent recommendation to restrict helicopter traffic at the airport.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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Amid concerns, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the FAA permanently ban certain helicopter routes around the airport when specific runways are in use.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mark Vientos, whose third-inning error resulted in the go-ahead run for Miami, hit a chopper to shortstop Xavier Edwards, who fumbled it for an error himself, allowing Alonso to score.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
3 Apr. 2025
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With one out, Chapman fielded Espinal’s weak chopper, used his momentum to tag out Blake Dunn, then fired to first on the run for the inning-ending double play.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This was a ten or twenty thousand dollar copter a few years ago and flying those took a great deal of skill.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Mar. 2014
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One finding even goes so far as to pinpoint and classify idiosyncrasies in piloting skills—so perhaps repeat offenders might one day be spotted by the thumbprint their copter leaves on the sky.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 July 2020
Noun
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Coordinating shades of green throughout the room helo tie together the area.—
Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2023
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As the attacker, Russia’s helicopters will be put in more vulnerable situations than Ukraine’s, as the helos are sent to areas where the enemy is expected to be dug in and waiting for them.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
26 May 2023
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“Rotary-wing aircraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary-wing%20aircraft. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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