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Bell develops tiltrotor aircraft with a flight speed of up to 832 km/h
Bell is allowed to develop a demonstrator for a fast tiltrotor aircraft as part of the Pentagon's SPRINT-X-Planes program.
Why Helicopters Have 2 Control Sticks (But Airplanes Only Have One)
Ever wondered why helicopters have two control sticks while airplanes usually have one? Learn how helicopter controls work ...
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Bell is awarded Phase 2 funding for DARPA X-Plane
Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense ...
54-year-old man dies after being hit by a bird while a helicopter passenger at Gapuwiyak
The national transport safety regulator has confirmed it is investigating a freak helicopter incidident at Gapuwiyak on ...
Helicopter passenger killed in freak accident involving bird
A man has died in a freak helicopter accident involving a bird in the Northern Territory. At about 2pm on Monday, a ...
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U.S. Approves HH-60W Sale to Norway
The U.S. government has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale to Norway of nine HH-60W Jolly Green II Combat Rescue Helicopters. The U.S. State ...
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Bell to build 517 mph tiltrotor X-plane that combines helicopter and jet speeds
The SPRINT project is a joint DARPA/ US Special Operations Command effort that aims to fly an X-plane. The program had entered phase one in November 2023, and in May 2024, Aurora Flight Sciences and ...