helicopter
(helikɒptəʳ )
Word forms: helicopters
countable noun A2
A helicopter is an aircraft with long blades on top that go round very fast. It is able to stay still in the air and to move straight upwards or downwards.
But coastguards spotted him and winched him into a helicopter.
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Collocations:
civilian helicopter helicopter hovers helicopter landing helicopter patrol helicopter pilot helicopter ride helicopter rotor helicopter search helicopter tour helicopter transfer helicopter trip land a helicopter low-flying helicopter military helicopter rescue helicopter send a helicopter surveillance helicopter toy helicopter transport helicopter
The civilian helicopter pilot was being questioned for taking on passengers without a security check and deviating from the filed flight plan.
Times, Sunday Times
Defence chiefs said the red alert was caused by a civilian helicopter issuing a hijack mayday by mistake.
The Sun
The case centered on a civilian helicopter, which he said to have owned during the mid-1990s.
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The landing gear can sustain a touchdown with a sink speed of 9.5m/s, compared with the 2m/s for a civilian helicopter.
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The group used civilian helicopters.
Times, Sunday Times
A fellow camper said: 'We were woken by the sound of a helicopter hovering over us in the dead of night.
The Sun (2013)
The crowd inside the stadium then heard the distant sound of a helicopter hovering.
The Sun (2012)
That was the sound of the police helicopter hovering outside.
STUART: A Life Backwards (2005)
Often the atmosphere is filled with the persistent and noisy chopping of an army helicopter hovering above some potential trouble spot.
A Channel of Peace (1993)
As the helicopter hovered lower over the canopy of the rainforest the stench of rotting flesh filled the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The property also comes with a helicopter landing pad that retracts into a small hangar on a lower terrace.
Times, Sunday Times
I want a bigger house, with a helicopter landing pad in the garden.
The Sun
It was also the helicopter landing on the lake.
Times, Sunday Times
Another guy got on the roof because he thought we were going to do a helicopter landing.
Times, Sunday Times
It has a helicopter landing pad and health clinic, complete with mini-operating theatre.
The Sun
This three-part series follows the medics as they go on helicopter patrol and work in the battlefield theatre.
The Sun
A helicopter patrol failed to find the shark, but swimmers yesterday said that they saw a similar-sized shark circling a boat in the same area.
Times, Sunday Times
During the night coalition strike aircraft and helicopters patrolled the skies above the town.
Times, Sunday Times
Authorities said that 23 rescuers and two helicopters were covering both sides of the border, down from a peak of 60 rescuers and three helicopter patrols.
Times, Sunday Times
Police officers on bicycles and military helicopters patrolled the protest; one arrest was made.
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The helicopter pilot was also investigated but will not face any disciplinary action.
The Sun
A police helicopter pilot could be jailed for up to two years after he admitted dangerous driving.
Times, Sunday Times
In other words, there was never any question that he would go down as a mere helicopter pilot.
Times, Sunday Times
Luckily the helicopter pilot (you should have one) lent me his.
Times, Sunday Times
She was within half a mile of their flight path when a police helicopter pilot raised the alarm.
The Sun
Or for the truly decadent, take a helicopter ride for a bird's-eye view of the city.
Times, Sunday Times
I managed to control my nerves enough to enjoy a helicopter ride above the city.
Times, Sunday Times
He later took her on a romantic helicopter ride over the island.
The Sun
We're a bit scared of flying, but a helicopter ride must be nothing for a daredevil like you?
The Sun
Judging by the photos, the helicopter ride looks like it was fun—was it?
Smithsonian
This then was the direct ancestor of the helicopter rotor and the aircraft propeller.
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While similar to a helicopter rotor in appearance, the autogyro's rotor must have air flowing through the rotor disc to generate rotation.
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Turboprop, turboshaft and turbofan engines have additional turbine stages to drive a propeller, bypass fan or helicopter rotor.
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The helicopter rotor system consists of a two-bladed main rotor and two-bladed anti-torque rotor on the tail, each equipped with a teetering hinge.
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This type of pitch control, known as cyclic pitch, allows the helicopter rotor to provide selective lift in any direction.
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A huge coastguard and helicopter search found no sign of him.
The Sun
He reported that the pilot had fallen out of the plane, and he requested a helicopter search of that area of the ocean.
Christianity Today
The tent, at 18,000ft base camp three, was the only trace of them seen in a 3½-hour helicopter search by rescuers.
The Sun
Friends there have organised a helicopter search.
Times, Sunday Times
She didn't foresee the giant manhunt, the helicopter search, her picture splashed on every front page after she went missing, or the ire of the duped citizens.
Globe and Mail
If you splurge on one activity, make it a helicopter tour over the island's craggy emerald interior.
Times,Sunday Times
I took a helicopter tour above the city and the buildings never seemed to stop.
Times, Sunday Times
A helicopter tour operates out of the park.
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Do we give it over to the well-heeled tourists who book hiking permits six months in advance or pay $200 a person for 60-minute helicopter tours?
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The circumnavigation lasted for 66 days and included helicopter tours and adventure activities.
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The only alternatives are a helicopter transfer, deemed too expensive, or a hike over a mountain, considered too much of an ordeal.
Times, Sunday Times
Alternatively, treat yourself to a helicopter transfer.
The Sun
A return helicopter transfer will cost about 354pp.
Times, Sunday Times
I am expecting at the very least a helicopter transfer.
Times, Sunday Times
Officials said the drill included calling up reserve troops and the helicopter transfer of soldiers from the centre of the country to the northern border.
Times, Sunday Times
Top that with a helicopter trip - the best way to see the amazing skyline.
The Sun
The next we were high in the sky, zooming over snow-capped mountains on an amazing helicopter trip.
The Sun
Each helicopter trip cost 35,000, which was a lot of money in 1987.
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And reduce the private jets and helicopter trips.
The Sun
It extended to the military services and only life-saving helicopter trips were exempted.
The Sun
Not the fact that you could safely land a helicopter on her rear end but the anxious manner in which she studied the pump.
The Sun
She's not the most pleasant person on earth to work with - and you could land a helicopter on her forehead.
The Sun
There's even a place to land a helicopter.
Times, Sunday Times
Guests can land their helicopter outside in the marvellous grounds, and it's all beautifully decorated.
Times, Sunday Times
Bigger yachts have the capacity not only to land a helicopter, but to keep it on board - and so have a private cabin just for the pilot.
Times, Sunday Times
Can operate underwater to a depth of 2 metres and can be dropped from a low-flying helicopter.
Times, Sunday Times
The occupants of a low-flying helicopter take control of my movements, causing me to slice open my wrist yet again.
Times, Sunday Times
He rallied troops on the ground and personally scouted enemy positions from a low-flying helicopter under heavy fire.
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The princes, both trainee military helicopter pilots, led a sea of tributes to heroes as our special guests.
The Sun
In order to get a military helicopter, you need permission from the health minister.
Times,Sunday Times
Wounded stars were given first aid before the team was airlifted out by military helicopter.
The Sun
As dawn broke, two coastguard speedboats blasted across its bay, followed by a military helicopter.
Times,Sunday Times
Have a military helicopter and marksmen ready to blow drones out of the sky.
The Sun
Taking the full brunt of a booby trap device, he died of appalling wounds before a rescue helicopter could reach him.
The Sun (2009)
The search has been hampered by a lack of fuel for a rescue helicopter.
The Sun (2008)
The rescue helicopter was with us in about two hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Caledonia, we are a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter and we are approaching you on a radar vector from the north.
LET NOT THE DEEP (2002)
You have had contact with the search and rescue helicopter already.
LET NOT THE DEEP
They'll send the helicopter for you, but that's another 1,800.
Times, Sunday Times
It was only because we'd decided the day before to send a helicopter up that we had any pictures of the impact.
The Sun
Losing the sideways-facing propeller on the tail sends a helicopter spinning around until it crashes.
Times,Sunday Times
A warship sent a helicopter to scare off the bandits who wanted a cut.
The Sun
They apparently changed their minds because of the gravity of the situation and sent a helicopter instead.
Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, high in the sky a police surveillance helicopter spent all day hovering over the same spot, its camera pointed ominously into the crowds.
The Sun
There are now calls for a surveillance helicopter that can keep a closer eye on shark movements.
Times, Sunday Times
A police surveillance helicopter rattles overhead.
Times, Sunday Times
Agents will monitor huge flat screens and operate surveillance helicopters and drones over the city.
Times, Sunday Times
It usually starts small-as small as a toy helicopter.
Christianity Today
It all went smoothly apart from when a toy helicopter crashed on stage.
Times, Sunday Times
It appears to have been some sort of novelty item, based on a toy helicopter.
Times, Sunday Times
Already there are gadgets - you can buy a toy helicopter that you control remotely by brainwaves from the headset you're wearing.
Times, Sunday Times
Scientists use a toy helicopter to fly over a surfacing whale to collect the samples when the whale spouts.
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New transport helicopter purchases are on the list before.
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It was designed as a civil transport helicopter but evoked interest from the military.
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He had just six transport helicopters, but at any one time two of them were required for medical evacuation and two for maintenance.
Times, Sunday Times
This unit has recently been disbanded and a new regiment, in combination with the transport helicopters, will be formed.
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Transport helicopters were used as well, ferrying troops to the battlefield.
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Translations:
Chinese: 直升机
Japanese: ヘリコプター