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Recent Examples of rotorcraft
That is, until DARPA initiated its SPRINT program aimed at making the twain meet in an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a rotorcraft and then transition into a jet when in vertical flight.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
New Frontiers Part of NASA’s New Frontiers program, Dragonfly is an ambitious mission to deploy a rotorcraft lander — a kind of drone — to the surface of the second-largest moon in the solar system.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2024
The rotorcraft is set to arrive at Saturn'’s moon Titan in 2034.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 31 May 2024
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
New Frontiers Part of NASA’s New Frontiers program, Dragonfly is an ambitious mission to deploy a rotorcraft lander — a kind of drone — to the surface of the second-largest moon in the solar system.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
On September 6 at Piasecki's West Helipad in Essington, Pennsylvania the autonomous rotorcraft made two tethered hover flights.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2024
The rotorcraft is set to arrive at Saturn'’s moon Titan in 2034.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 31 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rotorcraft
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Eventually, the list was whittled down to twenty-eight persons of interest—fighters who had taken part in pivotal episodes, such as an attack on a Ukrainian military helicopter, which killed a general, and the downing of a Ukrainian plane carrying forty paratroopers.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Deputies, with the help of a Sheriff’s Department helicopter, caught up with and arrested two boys, 16 and 17.—
Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The chopper was forced to land suddenly on the field at Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood at 6:30 a.m. after the indicator light went on, said police.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Austin O'Hara, 28, of Lilburn, Georgia, who was the chopper's crew chief.—
James LaPorta,
CBS News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Valérie André, a French army copter pilot who was the first woman to fly rescue missions in a combat zone, died last month at 102.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Department of Defense has said the copter was flown by an experienced crew using night-vision goggles.—
Lici Beveridge,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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Coordinating shades of green throughout the room helo tie together the area.—
Southern Living Editors,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2023
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As the attacker, Russia’s helicopters will be put in more vulnerable situations than Ukraine’s, as the helos are sent to areas where the enemy is expected to be dug in and waiting for them.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
26 May 2023
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“Rotorcraft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotorcraft. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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