choppering

Flying by rotorcraft

Choppering is traveling by helicopter, used both for the aircraft's movement and for transporting someone in one: They choppered in supplies to the remote camp, The wounded soldier was choppered out to a field hospital.

The term appears frequently in military and emergency contexts where helicopter transport is routine.

aviation

airlift

Emergency transport by plane

medevac · extraction · hovering · landing · pilot · airborne · flight · blades · downdraft · winch

rescue

search

Act of seeking

evacuation · winching · stretcher · survivor · paramedic · lifeline · hoist · harness · retrieval · casualty

journalism

news

Reports of recent events

traffic report · coverage · broadcast · pursuit · live feed · cameraman · reporter · skywatch · newscaster · surveillance

archaeology

knapping

Fracturing stone for tools

  • flintSpark-producing sedimentary rock
  • flakingShedding in layers
  • lithicOf or relating to stone

core · reduction · artifact · prehistoric · handaxe · obsidian · blade · percussion · paleolithic · toolmaking

Opposites
aircraft type

chopperingjetting

Traveling by airplane

gliding · ballooning · hang gliding · parachuting

mode of transportation

chopperingdriving

Controlling a vehicle

walking · sailing · boating · cycling · busing

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G