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Sangsland said he’s logged over 5,000 hours of flying with night-vision goggles, including in illuminated areas. Although the goggles can limit a pilot’s range of vision, he said pilots are ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair ...
On March 29, 2023, two Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, [1] both operated by the 101st Airborne Division, collided over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States. [2] [3] All nine servicemembers were killed. [4] The black boxes belonging to the helicopters were found, as well as night-vision goggles used by the pilots during ...
The permitted flight ceiling for helicopters flying over the Potomac River in the vicinity of Reagan National Airport (DCA) is 200 feet, which is meant to keep military and law enforcement ...
The 2023 Miyakojima helicopter crash was an aircraft accident that occurred on April 6, 2023, when a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Mitsubishi UH-60JA helicopter carrying 10 people, including the commander of the 8th Division, LTG Yuichi Sakamoto, went missing off the coast of Miyako-jima in Okinawa, Japan.
Helicopter noise reduction is a topic of research into designing helicopters which can be operated more quietly, reducing the public-relations problems with night-flying or expanding an airport. In addition, it is useful for military applications in which stealth is required : long-range propagation of helicopter noise can alert an enemy to an ...
Editor's note: This page reflects the news on the recovery of the plane and helicopter crash in Washington from Sunday, Feb. 2. For the latest updates on the recovery of the crash, read USA TODAY ...
Low-flying, high-speed military aircraft produce especially loud aerodynamic noise. The shape of the nose, windshield or canopy of an aircraft affects the sound produced. Much of the noise of a propeller aircraft is of aerodynamic origin due to the flow of air around the blades. The helicopter main and tail rotors also give rise to aerodynamic ...