Having reached the requisite standard, Prince Harry attended the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury, where he joined brother Prince William.

* 2007 – Phoenix News Helicopter Collision: news helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in central Phoenix while covering a police chase ;

Pilots designated for rotary wing service train at the Defence Helicopter Flying School, RAF Shawbury.

Helicopter Operations UH-1N USAF Survival School

During the Second World War the RAF Staff College was the headquarters of RAF Maintenance Command, and gained a unique place in British history, as the first British military helicopter unit, the Helicopter Training School, was formed in January 1945 at RAF Andover.

* 660 Squadron AAC ( Defence Helicopter Flying School )

Bell 412 EP Griffin HT1 helicopter of the UK Defence Helicopter Flying School

He was an instructor pilot at the U. S. Army Primary Helicopter School — serving 1 year in the pre-solo / primary-1 phase of instruction and about 6 months as commander of methods of instruction flight III, training rated aviators to become instructor pilots.

The base is also home to SARTU ( Search and Rescue Training Unit ), part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School, using AW139 and Griffin helicopters, and newly home to the relocated headquarters elements of both 22 and 202 Squadrons.

* Defence Helicopter Flying School

** Defence Helicopter Flying School Search and Rescue Training Unit

* USAF Helicopter Pilot School, 1 July 1956 – 1 July 1958

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87 Helicopter Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force.

The Helicopter Conversion Unit became an autonomous unit in 1971 and in January 1973 the units name changed to 87 Advanced Flying School.

In April 1997 the station started providing training for helicopter pilots for all three of the UK's armed services, being home to the Defence Helicopter Flying School.

* Defence Helicopter Flying School

* Defence Helicopter Flying School ( DHFS )

RAF Andover has a unique place in British history, as the first British military unit to be equipped with helicopters, the Helicopter Training School, was formed in January 1945 at RAF Andover under the command of Squadron Leader B. H.

The Helicopter Training School was equipped with nine Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly I helicopters, and trained 100 British Army pilots for Air Observation Post duties, as well as pilots for the first RAF squadron to be equipped with helicopters, 529 Squadron, which carried our radar calibration duties.

He attained the rank of Captain whilst serving as a flight instructor at the U. S. Army Primary Helicopter School.

He flew 1, 035 hours of combat time from August 1966 to 1967, primarily as a fire team leader in the armed helicopter platoon of " A " Company, 101st Aviation Battalion ( redesignated 336th Assault Helicopter Company ).

The task force was composed of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment from CFB Gagetown, the Canadian Forces Joint Operations Group from CFB Kingston, and 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron from CFB Valcartier.

He arrived in Vietnam in late December 1967 and joined the 161st Aviation Company ( Assault Helicopter ), which was reorganized and expanded into the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division ( Americal ) in January 1968.

The base also houses 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, 5 Service Battalion ( which also provides services from ASU Saint-Jean and CFB Montreal ), CI SQFT ( Land Force Quebec Area Training Centre ), in addition to providing training facilities for most Quebec-based reserve units.

The units under his command were the Composite Parachute Battalion under Colonel Breytenbach that was composed of A, B, C and D companies ( all under-strength ), an independent rifle platoon, a mortar platoon and an anti-tank platoon ; the Helicopter Administration Area ( HAA ) protection force under Major James Hills, consisting of two Hawk Groups ( 10 man sections of rapid-reaction paratroopers ) from 1 Parachute Battalion ; an Airborne Reserve under Captain Wesley de Beer, consisting of a company from 2 Parachute Battalion airborne in a C. 160 to be used in the event of reinforcements being required, and the Mobile Air Operations Team ( MAOT ) under Commandant James Kriel, which consisted of five SAAF personnel to set up and run the HAA.

In South Vietnam he was assigned to the 161st Assault Helicopter Company ( later reorganized as the 123rd Aviation Battalion ) with the rank of Specialist Four.

Fellow pilot and Chief Warrant Officer David Williams, 31 from the 1-227 Helicopter Attack Battalion tried to elude capture, but they were taken prisoner by an Iraqi group who took them to Samarra, about south of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown.

Andreotta was killed shortly after the events at My Lai while serving in B Company ( the " Warlords ") of the 123rd Aviation Battalion of the Americal Division ( the 161st Assault Helicopter Company had been reorganized into the 123rd Battalion in January 1968 ).

*** 601st Assault Helicopter Battalion ( Campo de Mayo )

With air support from the 1 / 1 Attack Helicopter Battalion and fire support from 4 / 3 FA Battalion preventing Iraqi artillery from interfering, the U. S. 1st Infantry Division conducted a passage of the 2nd ACR's lines.

* 601 Combat Aviation Battalion ( Batallón de Aviación de Combate 601 ) See 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion

* September 1-The U. S. Navys first dedicated search-and-rescue squadron, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 7 ( HC-7 ), is commissioned at Atsugi, Japan ; it operates UH-2 Seasprite helicopters.

CHC Helicopter is headquartered in Richmond, BC and operates more than 250 aircraft in 30 countries around the world.

The squadron quickly reformed in the Support Helicopter role, receiving Chinooks HC. 1s in September 1982, and today operates five of the helicopters.

The military section of the airport is currently an annex of the 71st Air Base and operates the 714th Transport Helicopter Squadron, with the IAR 330 in service.

The JMSDF operates some 110 major warships, including four helicopter destroyers (" Helicopter carriers "), eight guided-missile destroyers, twenty-nine small-destroyers (" frigates "), three destroyer-escorts (" light-frigates ") and sixteen attack submarines ( SSK ).

Sterling Helicopter operates the only public-use heliport in Philadelphia at Pier 36.

A helicopter from the U. S. Coast Guard's Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron pursues a go-fast boat during training

Military advisers from the United Kingdom and India work with the SMF, the Coast Guard, and the Police Helicopter Unit, and Mauritian police officers are trained in the United Kingdom, India, and France.

In addition to replacing the Commando Helicopter Force Sea Kings, there is also a project to replace the Sea King in the Airborne Surveillance and Control mission, which has seen a number of proposals put forward, based on the type of aircraft carrier the platform would be expected to operate from.

In 1972, with funding from NASA and the U. S. Army, Bell Helicopter Textron started development of the XV-15, a twin-engine tiltrotor research aircraft.

The Bristol Aeroplane Company's Helicopter Division had its roots in 1944, when the helicopter designer Raoul Hafner, released from the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment ( AFEE ), came to Bristol along with some members of his team.

The Helicopter Division started out at the main Bristol Aeroplane Company site in Filton, but from 1955 it was moved to the Old Mixton factory in Weston-Super-Mare, which had been used to build Blenheims during the War.

In 2004, Burning Vision Entertainment created the video for Helicopter Girl's Angel City using the art from numerous Blue Note LP sleeves to startling effect.

The procurement and maintenance of the Corona satellites was managed by the Central Intelligence Agency, which used cover arrangements lasting from April 1958 to 1969 to get access to the Palo Alto plant of the Hiller Helicopter Corporation for the production.

Unlike the military, whose aircraft are not always in the same location as the tactical operators, the HRT ’ s Tactical Helicopter Unit is literally right out the front door from the HRT central command.

For example, in Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd v Helicopter Charter Pty Ltd ( 1991 ) 22 NSWLR 298, the contract was set aside after Hawker Pacific's threats to withhold the helicopter from the plaintiff unless further payments were made for repairing a botched paint job.

Helicopter noise is aerodynamically induced noise from the main and tail rotors and mechanically induced noise from the main gearbox and various transmission chains.

The activation of the 316th prompted the transfer of the 1st Helicopter Squadron from the 89th Airlift Wing to the 316th Operations Group.

Helicopter and aeroplane trips are available from Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatane.

* Helicopter services, operated by British International Helicopters, from Penzance Heliport.

The airline carried out trials with its Helicopter Experiment Unit, operating mail services in East Anglia during 1948 and a passenger service from Cardiff via Wrexham to Liverpool ( Speke ) Airport in 1950.

Helicopter and A-1 Skyraider crews were put together from instructors at Eglin and personnel returned from Southeast Asia.

It opened on September 16, 2000, and is a station on the TRE commuter line, serving the city of Hurst, Texas and the main plant of Bell Helicopter Textron ( which is physically located in Fort Worth, across the street from the station ).

Health outcomes, for example from London's Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, remain largely the same for both air and ground based services.

The limitations of attack helicopters from operating with high payloads and restricted maneuverability led India to the develop the Light Combat Helicopter that can operate in high altitudes.