helicopters
Hovering flying machines
Helicopters is the plural of helicopter—an aircraft that lifts off vertically using overhead rotating blades.
Unlike airplanes, helicopters can hover in place, fly backward, and land without runways: News helicopters circled the scene, Medical helicopters airlifted the injured.
As a verb, to helicopter is to transport by helicopter or, informally, to hover anxiously over someone: helicopter parents.
Aircraft lifted by blades
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- tail rotorRear-mounted stabilizing propeller
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
fuselage · turbine · hover · aviation · aerodynamics · airborne · gyrocopter · autogyro
Emergency air transport injured
- rescueSave from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
- cargoTransported goods
reconnaissance · search and rescue · firefighting · patrol · surveillance · airdrop · deployment · troop transport
rotorcraft
Aircraft lifted by blades
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- rotorSpinning mechanical assembly
- tail rotorRear-mounted stabilizing propeller
cockpit · fuselage · turbine · hover · aviation · aerodynamics · airborne · gyrocopter · autogyro · vertical takeoff
medevac
Emergency air transport injured
- rescueSave from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- airliftEmergency transport by plane
cargo · reconnaissance · search and rescue · firefighting · patrol · surveillance · airdrop · deployment · troop transport · air ambulance
- Innovationselectricity, steam engine, printing press, telephone, telegraph
- transport themesaviation, nautical, railroad, automotive, space travel
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
- military equipmenttanks, assault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
helicoptersairplanes
Powered flying vehicles
planes · jets · gliders · propeller planes · fighter jets
helicopterssubmarines
Underwater naval vessels
gliders · cars · trucks · sailplanes · jets
- 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