On the eve of this year’s Helitech exhibition in London, we dive into Flightglobal’s Ascend Fleets database for a look at the most popular civil turbine types flying. No surprise, type longevity is a ...

MD Helicopters is close to finalizing a sale of the type certificate for the MD Explorer twin-engine light helicopter. The Explorer, or MD902, uses MD Helicopters’ No Tail Rotor (Notar) technology, ...

The mobility of helicopters is used in various fields regardless of military or civilian use, but due to the mechanism of breaking the air with a huge blade to generate lift, the noise becomes bigger ...

This is an attempt made to break through the status that the light helicopter market has been monopolized by Robinson R-22 and R-44. According to Berkut, the new helicopter will be equipped with one ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- Before turbine engines took over the world of rotor-wing Aviation, a proof-of-concept system revolutionized helicopter flight with a radical new rotor design. The Lockheed CL-475 ...

Airbus Helicopters continues to eye novel architectures for future rotorcraft designs, including new compound and tail rotor-free configurations, patent applications reveal. A pair of filings – ...

Stratview Research announces the launch of a new research report on Global Helicopter Blades Market by Helicopter Type (Civil, Military, and Civil/Military), by Engine Type (Turbine and Piston), by ...

From the beginning, Helicopters always have rotor blades with a simple rectangular planform. This worked and had proven as the typical helicopter rotor blade principle. But if the rotor blade planform ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1944, at the age of 19, Stanley Hiller, Jr. designed, built, and test flew the first helicopter with coaxial rotors ...