A 4:40 a.m. wake-up, time in the control room and an evening walk are all part of a typical workday for this flight test engineer.

Ott successfully flew this scenario together with co-test pilot U.S. Army Lt. Col. Greg Sievers, rotorcraft in-flight lab branch chief, James Carr, flight test engineer, and a team monitoring the ...

So when Garmin flight test engineer—and experienced rotorcraft instructor—Jack Loflin gestures me into the ... The GFC 600H turned me—for a couple of amazing hours—into a helicopter pilot.

The Army helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane on Wednesday night was on an “annual proficiency training flight” when it crashed, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a ...

Test pilots walk toward a Leonardo SW4 helicopter equipped with Daedalean’s visual air traffic detection system. [Courtesy: Daedalean/ file photo] Test pilots have an opportunity like no other.

Aviation company releases head-turning footage of futuristic aircraft flight test: ... The New York Times reports that the Airbus AS350, a popular type of gas-powered passenger helicopter, ...

An electric helicopter with multiple rotors took its first flight in conventional air traffic near Paris on Thursday as it prepares for commercial flights from 2024.

The world altitude record for helicopter flight was achieved by veteran Squirrel AS350B2 pilot Fred North, who flew the model to 42,500 feet at the International Airport of Cape Town, South Africa ...

The first of 20 Leonardo AW119Kx helicopters ordered by the Italian Carabinieri has started flying. The fist RH119A (as this variant of the AW119Kx has ...

NPR traveled with Jordan's military on a recent helicopter flight delivering aid to the Gaza Strip, part of a test program since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect last month.

The helicopter was on an “annual proficiency training flight” when it crashed, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a video statement posted to X on Thursday morning. Start the day smarter.

Leonardo Helicopters has begun racking up test flights of the AW249 ... AW249 attack helicopter accelerates into flight-test campaign. By Dominic Perry 2022-08-23T21:36:00+01:00.