Helicopter pilots attempt pole-to-pole journey
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Two British-based pilots set off into a blue Texas sky on Tuesday on their second attempt to fly around the world via the North and South poles in a helicopter, one of the last great unaccomplished feats of aviation.
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U.S. military  crews are launching more than 100 helicopter flights a day from  the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln ferrying food, water  and medicine to tsunami victims, a task they say is far more  satisfactory than the Iraq war that seems only to destroy.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A delegation of Iraqi political and  religious leaders flew from Baghdad to Najaf on U.S. military  helicopters Tuesday in a bid to end a bloody Shi'ite uprising.
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By ROBERT LEE HOTZ, LOS ANGELES TIMES  SLEIPNER PLATFORM, North Sea  Buffeted by crosswinds, the lone helicopter flew on for an hour across the shale-gray waves of the North Sea with no destination in sight.
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VatSim flight simulation network gives aviation enthusiasts a realistic look at air traffic control.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Desperate, homeless villagers on the tsunami-ravaged island of Sumatra mobbed American helicopters carrying aid yesterday, as the US military launched its largest operation in the region since the Vietnam War, ferrying food and other emergency relief to survivors across the disaster zone.
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By Sam Marsden, John-Paul Ford Rojas and Rachel Williams, PA. A major search for four missing crew of a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter that apparently crashed into the sea was being stepped up again this morning.
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Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by a private rocket plane&#39;s dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the
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ANCHORAGE, Dec. 10 -- High winds gusting across the Bering Sea hampered efforts Friday to stem an oil spill from a broken freighter, and there was still no sign of six crew members who were lost when a rescue helicopter crashed in the turbulent waters.
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Flights launched in Arctic will be first to take people inside the northern lights
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PASADENA, CALIF. - Two helicopter stunt pilots from Hollywood will try to snag a capsule of stardust in midair, NASA has announced.
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NASA&#39;s three-year effort to bring some genuine star dust back to Earth is set for a dramatic finale Sept. 8 when Hollywood helicopter pilots will attempt a midair retrieval of a descending space capsule.
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A team of aviation pioneers with dreams of one day offering tourist trips into space will tomorrow attempt to clinch a Â£5.5 million prize by launching a craft beyond the
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The terms were simple enough. Be the first to fly three people or the equivalent weight 62 miles high. Do it a second time within two weeks.
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Marine One helicopter is at center of one of the most contentious bidding competitions in years.
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Doug Schneider, 47, left, and Britt &quot;Mac&quot; Jefferson, 57, center, are hoisted into a rescue helicopter by Staff Sgt. James Bryson of the Mather Air Force Base Army National Guard near Yosmite National Park, Calif.
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In a harrowing feat high over the Utah desert Wednesday, two helicopter stunt pilots will try to snatch a floating space capsule that holds &quot;a piece of the sun&quot; and bring it safely down.