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Incredible moment special forces’ helicopters carry out secret drop drills outside Tesco as amazed shoppers watch
INCREDIBLE footage shows the rare moment special forces’ helicopters carried out secret drop drills outside Tesco. Soldiers ...
Vietnam War pilot reflects on rescue helicopter evacuations during the fall of Saigon
On April 29 and 30, 1975, as North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon, U.S. Marine Corps pilots evacuated more than 7,000 ...
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RAAF Huey Pilot John Thynne Had a Hilarious Exit from Vietnam
The unit that then-Pilot Officer Thynne served with was RAAF No. 9 Squadron, which was created in 1939 and saw active service ...
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In 1940s Burma, a New Kind of Flying Machine Joined the War: The Helicopter
That helicopter was destroyed and its pilot was killed ... towed by C-47 Dakotas lifted the first element of the British Special Force Chindits into central Burma. Thirty-five of the gliders ...
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SNC DVE Solutions Empower Pilots in Low-Visibility Environments
DVE systems have the potential to revolutionize modern aviation for pilots, much like night vision equipment transformed military operations during WWII. SNC’s DVE solutions represent a pivotal ...
Helicopter Pilots in the Himalayas Risk their Lives to Save Climbers
On Easter Sunday, an Italian helicopter pilot named Simone Moro received word of a SOS call on 26,545-foot Annapurna in Nepal. Moro told Outside that a Ukrainian climber was suffering from altitude ...
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New report: Army helicopter pilots may not have heard critical information seconds before mid-air collision with Flight 5342
17 seconds before the collision, air traffic control at the airport instructed the pilots of the helicopter to pass behind the approaching airplane. However, NTSB data shows that the portion of th ...