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How this hybrid helicopter nearly changed air travel forever

The Rotodyne was an audacious attempt to merge helicopter flexibility with airliner speed, using tip-jet rotors for vertical ...
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See the MV-75 tiltrotor set to be the US Army's next premier air assault vehicle and replace the UH-60 Black Hawk

The tiltrotor is part of the Army's plan to modernize its aging fleet of military helicopters. The Army plans to replace the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk with the MV-75 by the 2030s. It flies like a ...
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The World's Strongest Heavy Lift Helicopter Can Carry A Staggering Amount Of Weight

An important aviation milestone was made in 1939 when the Sikorsky VS-300 made its maiden flight, becoming the first successful operational helicopter. It soon introduced the world to a new form of ...
Aviation Week

U.S. Navy Progresses On Future Vertical Lift, Interim MH-60 Upgrade

The Navy expects its MH-60 replacement to enter service in the 2040s. Credit: Cristian Schrik The U.S. Navy plans to award two contracts for its next-generation vertical lift capability—one for a ...
The Aviationist

First F-35B Transported by CH-53K to MCAS Beaufort to be Retired as Static Display

Airframe BF-01 performed the F-35’s first vertical landing on Mar. 18, 2010, and the first vertical takeoff on May 10, 2013, at NAS Patuxent River. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take-Off ...