A blog about air transport
Most of the time, helicopter parents hover because they’re concerned about their child’s achievement and well-being. The best thing you can do is give them time and space to express their concerns and reiterate your confidence in the child’s abilities. How do you deal with helicopter mothers? How to bring helicopter parents back down to …
The new DJI Mavic Air is compatible with both the original DJI Goggles and the new DJI Goggles Racing Edition, like the DJI Spark you simply connect the via USB to the Mavic Air remote controller. Can you use FPV goggles with Mavic air? Even if it weren’t, the Spark, Phantom 4, Inspire 2 and …
The Army has two models of the single-rotor, twin-turbine-engine Apache attack helicopter: the AH-64A and the AH-64D Longbow. Each carries a crew consisting of a pilot and a copilot/gunner. What is the best helicopter to fly in the Army? MH-60LM Black Hawk The Black Hawk is the backbone of Army Aviation, having replaced the Huey …
Can ANYONE learn to fly a helicopter? Most healthy people with correctable eyesight, normal hand-eye coordination, no major health issues, proper motivation, and average or above-average intelligence can be trained to fly a helicopter. Is it hard to learn to fly a helicopter? Learning to fly a helicopter is difficult, but becomes easier with practice. …
When you hover in a helicopter you are hovering in air. This air is moving along with the earth. In other words, the earth and the air above it are moving around and around on the earth’s axis together. Does the Earth move under a plane? A plane sitting on the ground is moving with …
The name helicopter is said to have come from two Greek words, helix (meaning spiral) and pteron (meaning wing), because the original idea was that the flying machine would gain lift from spiral aerofoils – but it didn’t. What is difference between chopper and helicopter? Helicopter is an aircraft with rotating wings on top of …
While ZipRecruiter is seeing annual salaries as high as $137,500 and as low as $22,000, the majority of Civilian Helicopter Pilot salaries currently range between $54,000 (25th percentile) to $85,000 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $116,500 annually across the United States. Is it worth becoming a Helicopter Pilot? Becoming a helicopter pilot …
At any given time, one helicopter is the primary, in-service aircraft at each of our bases and is available to respond to missions. How many helicopters Does Air Ambulance have? Only one helicopter is operational per day – the other acts as a spare in case of break down, maintenance or, in a major incident, …
An average helicopter can reach a top speed of somewhere between 130 and 140 knots, which comes out to about 160 mph. The Eurocopter X3 can reach a top speed somewhere in the neighborhood of 267 mph (430 km/hr or 232 kts) in stable and level flight. How fast is the fastest helicopter? Sikorsky X2 …
Between 2006 and 2016, Robinson R44s alone were involved in 42 deadly helicopter crashes. That is an average of 1.6 deadly crashes per 100,000 hours flown, a rate nearly 50% higher than that of the other dozen most common civilian models. What is the safest piston helicopter? The Cabri G2 is one of only a …