Improving helicopter performance while reducing noise and vibration is the aim of the international Smart Twisting Active Rotor (STAR) project. Led by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum ...
On March 27, 2025, an experimental vehicle called BlackBird rose into the air during its maiden test, powered not by ...
Six people died when a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon. One aviation expert says that the entire rotor assembly may have come off, causing the crash. The tragedy is the ...
Inspections of main rotor components returned to Airbus Helicopters in the wake of a 2 January ditching of an H160 medium-twin off the Brazilian coast have so far found zero defects, the airframer has ...
The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight when it suddenly broke apart in midair, its rotor blades falling separately toward the water. By Patrick McGeehan When rescue crews reached the passenger ...