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Pilot in Hudson River helicopter crash called about needing fuel before fatal accident, CEO says
Six people are dead after a New York City sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Jersey City, New Jersey, ...
A Siemens exec, his family and their pilot are dead after helicopter crashes into the Hudson River
A family’s afternoon sightseeing excursion above the misty shoreline of Manhattan ended in tragedy Thursday after the ...
A helicopter crash left a Siemens executive, his family and their pilot dead. Here’s what we know
A sightseeing helicopter plunged from the sky into the Hudson River on Thursday, turning a family outing above Manhattan’s ...
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National Guard To Showcase New Medical Drone
Oregon National Guard officials, in conjunction with Legionair Tactical and Dufour Aerospace, will display their drone’s ability to deliver medical supplies without risking additional lives. At the ...
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Single-Rotor Drone: A Thrust-Vectoring Monocopter
We’re not entirely sure what to call this one. It’s got the usual trappings of a drone, but with only a single rotor it clearly can’t be called by any of the standard multicopter names.
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Sikorsky proves out ‘rotor blown wing’ drone
The drone is a 115-pound, battery-powered twin prop-rotor aircraft that the company said can be scaled larger, “requiring hybrid-electric propulsion.” The company designed the vertical take ...
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Russia’s Coast Guard ships to begin extensive, permanent use of drones
MOSCOW, May 28. /TASS/. The Coast Guard of Russia’s Border Guard Service has begun active transition to using helicopter-carrying ships and in the long term it will employ drones on a wide scale ...