helicopter
Example Sentences
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Eight American servicemen died when a helicopter and EC-130 transport aircraft collided on the ground in Iran's eastern desert.
From BBC
The sight of the newborn and her mother being winched to safety by helicopter amid the deluged landscape became one of the defining images of the Mozambique floods of 2000 – the country's worst ever.
From BBC
He said he flies a helicopter three days a week and a plane five, with a preference for his collection of vintage World War II aircraft.
Last January, his parents were among those killed after an American Airlines plane from Kansas carrying 64 people onboard collided with a military helicopter, manned by three personnel.
From BBC
People involved in the seizure of Bella 1 said Russian military vessels were talking to the tanker’s crew as it was being captured by American special forces coming on board down ropes from helicopters.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
