HELICOPTERS

CIAS 2011 – Canadian International Air Show

Toni G. — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:10:09 +0000

The Canadian International Air Show took place in Toronto last month.

The CIAS line-up featured the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) Snowbirds; CF-18 Hornets; US Marine tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey; USAF A-10 Thunderbolt; the American team Heavy Metal, and its L-39 Albatross & a T-33 Shooting Star; a Pitts Special S-1-11B SS or Model 11 « Super Stinker »; an Avro Lancaster; the CFB Trenton SkyHawks – the Canadian Forces Parachute Demonstration Team; a Zivko Edge 540 flown by Pete McLeod; the Misty Blues all woman skydiving team; a Sukhoi SU-26M flown by Rick Volker; an H-101 Salto sailplane flown by Manfred Radius; and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets on the Bellanca 8GCBC Scout tow plane and the Schweizer SGS 2-33A Glider.

Watch the video with interviews:

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Mil V-12 or Mi-12 Homer – LARGEST HELICOPTER EVER

Toni G. — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:01:23 +0000

The Mil V-12 was the largest helicopter ever built (37-meter long!). It performed its first flight in 1968, and outperformed all the other helicopters in the world. Thanks to its twin rotor, it could lift up to 44 tons as early as 1969. It never entered service as this prodigious prototype remained at the project stage, and for uncleared reasons, its production was cancelled.

VIDEO:

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News – Mi-28 Night Hunter helicopter deadly crash

Toni G. — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:53:58 +0000

Commander in Russian Mi-28 helicopter crash dies in hospital (Update 1)

14:46 15/02/2011 The commander of the Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter, which crashed in the southern Russian region of Stavropol on Tuesday, died at a military hospital, a Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman said.>>

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Russian Mil Mi-38 glass-cockpit helicopter to replace Mi-8s and Mi-17s

Toni G. — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:11:29 +0000

Mi-38 helicopter production to begin in 2013

14:08 02/12/2010 Russian Helicopters will start production of its new Mi-38 utility transport helicopter in 2013, after resolving engine supply problems with Canadian supplier Pratt & Whitney Canada, Russian state-owned rotorcraft builder Russian Helicopters said on Thursday.>>

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X3 concept – experimental compound helicopter

Toni G. — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:22:37 +0000

The Eurocopter X3 concept is a High-speed long-range Hybrid Helicopter (H3 concept) which flies up to 220 knots or 410 km/h. Special thanks to Xavier – http://passiondesavions.blogspot.com webmaster – who stumbled upon this French-subtitled video:

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Sikorsky X2 helicopter milestone – 417 km/h!

Toni G. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:48:39 +0000

The Sikorsky X2 Technology demonstrator reportedly broke the speed record for rotorcraft on Monday at a maximum speed of 225 knots (417 km/h).

The previous record had been set by Trevor Egginton on a Westland G-Lynx at a speed of 216 kts (400 km/h) on August 11, 1986. The fly-by-wire X2 helicopter was flown by Kevin Bredenbeck. Unfortunately, the test flight performance was not officially.

With a counter-rotating coaxial rotor, and its brand new tail configuration, the X2 is more maneuverable as the helicopter gains in speed. Moreover, the X2 would be excellent at low-speed handling as well as hovering.

The X2 Technology demonstrator combines an integrated suite of technologies intended to advance the state-of-the-art, counter-rotating coaxial rotor helicopter. It is designed to demonstrate that a helicopter can cruise comfortably at 250 knots while retaining such desirable attributes as excellent

Thanks to its integrated auxiliary propulsion system – coaxial pusher prop concept, and to other assets among which its reduced hub drag, the Sikorsky X2 prototype should exceed the 250-knot benchmark (463 km/h)!

SIKORSKY X2 VIDEO BELOW :

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Lady Ace 09 revamped 35 years after evacuation of U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin from the South Vietnamese Embassy

Toni G. — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:05:04 +0000

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UK Army Air Corps Apache attack helicopter

Toni G. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:45:17 +0000

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China to lead Somalia piracy fight

Toni G. — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:11:26 +0000

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First-time pilots RC Chopper

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:00:02 +0000

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AIR FORCE ONE with Dave Sconda

Toni G. — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:57:24 +0000

Dave SCONDA from English Meeting proposes a superb video about the famous AIR FORCE ONE followed by a quiz game:

ACCENTS, AIR FORCES, AIRCRAFT, AMERICAN, Boeing-707, Boeing-747, USAF, VH-71.

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Air Guard flight crews undergo water survival training

Toni G. — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:07:41 +0000

Two pilots from the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing in San Antonio are raised out of the water during refresher aircrew water survival training at Canyon Lake near San Antonio. Army National Guard UH-60 crews from the 149th Aviation Regiment in San Antonio provided airlift support. The refresher training is mandatory for all aircrew members.

Source: US Air Force Link

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