If you're passionate about flying and air travel and want to secure a potentially lucrative job, obtaining a helicopter pilot license can be worth it. Many career paths in aviation await you as a ...

Helicopters draw a lot of attention with their almost magical ability to hover, fly in any direction and operate without runways. They also help save many lives, often dramatically, with their ...

To learn to fly a military helicopter is to take a master class in multitasking. You need both hands and both feet to control the aircraft while keeping a close eye on the horizon and your altitude.

Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation (5th, 159th) Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., brought four CH-47 Chinook helicopters to support training in the ...

Robin Crossland always has her ear to the ground within the aviation community, and when a helicopter crash in an empty field in Houston’s East End killed four people — including a child — it was a ...

Flying in Helicopters Is Safer Than You Might Think – an Aerospace Engineer Explains the Technology and Training That Make It So July 15th, 16PM July 15th, 16PM (The Conversation is an independent and ...