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Here's The Coolest New Tech From The Helicopter Industry's Renaissance - Business Insider
Flight Global has an excellent piece by Andy Healy about the helicopter business' recent development of 1950s innovative design with 21st century technology.
http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-coolest-new-tech-from-the-helicopter-industrys-renaissance-2012-7
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NASA's Greased Lightning Drone Merges Helicopter and Plane Technology - Fox News
Is it a helicopter? Is it a plane? NASA has developed a 10-engine electric vehicle that can take off like a helicopter but fly a plane.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05/07/nasas-greased-lightning-drone-merges-helicopter-and-plane-technology-1758526231.html
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New Military Helicopter Can Cruise At 253 MPH - Popular Science
Its design is based primarily on Sikorsky's X-2 project, and as the name implies, this isn't just the future of helicopters. This is the future of helicopters at war.
http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/new-military-helicopter-can-cruise-253-mph
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The Rise of Radical New Rotorcraft - Popular Mechanics
At a secret facility, aerospace engineers are plotting to end the helicopter as we know it, and devising new rotorcraft to replace it.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a10616/the-rise-of-radical-new-rotorcraft-16850989/
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Intelligent Aerospace - Rotorie Aircraft Innovation
All new innovation in the helicopter world of news.
http://www.intelligent-aerospace.com/rotorcraft-helicopters-tilrotators.html
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How Does A Helicopter Work?
A simple introduction to how helicopters work. How do spinning rotor blades act like airfoils and why do helicopters need a tail rotor?
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/helicopter.html
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What Is a Helicopter? - NASA
A helicopter is an aircraft that uses rotating wings called blades to fly.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-a-helicopter-k4.html
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Helicopter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Due to the operating characteristics of the helicopter - its ability to take off and land vertically, and to hover for extended periods of time, as well as the aircraft's handling properties under low airspeed conditions - it has been chosen to conduct tasks that were previously not possible with other aircraft, or were time- or work-intensive to accomplish on the ground.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter
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Fun Helicopter Facts for Kids - Trivia & Information, Interesting Uses
Check out our fun helicopter facts for kids and enjoy learning about what they do and how they work. Find information on their variety of uses, how rotors work, hovering, fastest speeds, their limitations and much more.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/vehicles/helicopters.html
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Helicopter Facts, Information, Pictures - Encyclopedia
Helicopters are classified as rotary wing aircraft, and their rotary wing is commonly referred to as the main rotor or simply the rotor.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/helicopter.aspx
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