(Photo: US Navy)Gilbert Magill called his invention the Pinwheel. At 150 pounds, it was not quite up to Inspector Gadget's standards, but it was a start in the right direction.The aircraft was a tip jet helicopter, meani...

How much can two heavy duty helicopters in tandem lift off the gound? A lot!(No offense,...

No one who's seen the 1979 movie Apocalypse Now ca...  ...can forget the epic scene in which U.S. military helicopters cleared a Vietnamese beach with artillery and nap...  ...or example, the U.S. military refused to loan out helicopters unless Donald Rumsfeld's demands for changes in t...  ...mands for changes...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVJxeU6inWA](Video Link)Forest fires are causing extensive damage in northern and central Portugal. Firefighters are using aircraft to dump water on them. Where do you get water if there's...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE0HEtHFemQ](Video Link)Ground crews can trim brush that grows near telephone and power lines, but with the right equipment, a helicopter crew can do two weeks of ground work in a single d...

Let's play Airwolf! Redditor ScumbagJanitorGuy made this cute ceiling fan for his son. It was a really cheap building project--just painting and attaching a ceiling fan to a plastic helicopter. Next, he plans to paint th...

During the American Civil War, the United States Navy blockaded Southern ports. Southern engineers set their minds to finding technological ways to break that blockade. For example, they built the first submarine that sa...

[vimeo 35545694](Video Link) Agustín lives in Siguatepeque, Honduras. As a child, polio broke his body and left him nearly immobile. But Agustín had a dream: he would build a helicopter. All he has is junk...

It looks like an RC helicopter landed upside down on your ceiling, but it's actually Raffaele Iannello's new ceiling fan. It's a 1:6 scale model of the Hughes/MD 500 mounted on what appears to be a helipad. Do the na...

(Video Link) Back when I drove a forklift for a living, we had driving contests, like picking up and transporting an egg without breaking it. Helicopter pilots, however, are a more daring breed, as you can see from th...