helicopter
Vertical takeoff craft
A helicopter is an aircraft that generates lift from horizontally spinning rotor blades, allowing it to take off and land vertically, hover in place, and fly in any direction.
Unlike fixed-wing planes, helicopters need no runway.
To helicopter is to transport by helicopter or, informally, to hover anxiously over someone: helicopter parents monitor their children's every move.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- tail rotorRear-mounted stabilizing propeller
- collectiveJointly organized group
cyclic · turboshaft · torque · pitch · yaw · roll · throttle · autorotation
Finding and saving people
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- hoistRaise with tackle
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
rescue basket · coast guard · evacuation · airlift · paramedic · first responder · survivor · searchlight
Armed support aircraft
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- Black HawkU.S. Army helicopter
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- reconnaissanceInformation-gathering before action
tactical · troop transport · air assault · medevac · attack · naval · anti-submarine · stealth
One who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- flight controlsPilot's aircraft steering system
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
airspeed · navigation · flight plan · airspace · control tower · takeoff · landing · hover
Founding organizational document
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- air taxiOn-demand short-hop aircraft
- aerial photographyImages captured aloft
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
executive · offshore · oil rig · commuter · private · corporate · shuttle · helipad
Mounted beneath something
- loggingRecording system events
- constructionProcess of building something
- craneLifter or wader
- freightGoods being transported
transport · delivery · firefighting · water bucket · utility
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
- bladesSharp flat cutting parts
- hoverRemain suspended midair
- tail rotorRear-mounted stabilizing propeller
collective · cyclic · turboshaft · torque · pitch · yaw · roll · throttle · autorotation · skids
search and rescue
Finding and saving people
stretcher · rescue basket · coast guard · evacuation · airlift · paramedic · first responder · survivor · searchlight · rope ladder
gunship
Armed support aircraft
- ApacheSouthwestern indigenous nation
- Black HawkU.S. Army helicopter
- combatArmed hostile engagement
reconnaissance · tactical · troop transport · air assault · medevac · attack · naval · anti-submarine · stealth · surveillance
pilot
One who steers aircraft
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
- flight controlsPilot's aircraft steering system
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
altimeter · airspeed · navigation · flight plan · airspace · control tower · takeoff · landing · hover · VFR
charter
Founding organizational document
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
- air taxiOn-demand short-hop aircraft
- aerial photographyImages captured aloft
tour · executive · offshore · oil rig · commuter · private · corporate · shuttle · helipad · Robinson
underslung
Mounted beneath something
- loggingRecording system events
- constructionProcess of building something
- craneLifter or wader
freight · transport · delivery · firefighting · water bucket · utility
- helicopter seedWinged seed that spins
- helicopter parentsExcessively protective caregivers
- rescue helicopterAircraft for emergency extraction
- helicopter momsExcessively protective, controlling mothers
- helicopter gunshipsArmed military rotorcraft
- police helicopterLaw enforcement aircraft
helicopters, helicoptering, helicoptered, helicopter parenting