The famed Wright brothers made history in December 1903 with their inaugural flight at Kitty Hawk. Just over six decades later, our understanding of flight advanced so far that Yuri Gagarin became the ...

A fatal crash Thursday became the latest incident in a long history of helicopter wrecks in the New York City area. The latest crash occurred in the Hudson River near the West Side Highway and Spring ...

For about 76 years, helicopters have served the world as an important alternative to fixed-wing aircraft. Helicopters can go places and do things that airplanes cannot, like save mariners stuck at sea ...

April 10 (Reuters) - A tourist helicopter crashed in New York's Hudson River off lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. It was the latest in a series of accidents ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Spanish family who boarded a sightseeing helicopter in New York City were promised an “experience you don’t want to miss” and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — At least 38 people have died in helicopter crashes in New York City since 1977, when an incident on a skyscraper landing pad led the city to start putting restrictions on where ...

The Helicopter Conservancy is located in New Richmond. Its mission is to preserve aircraft, put helicopters in historic perspective. The nonprofit group also collects and preserves stories of the ...

Dozens have died in accidents since helicopters were allowed in the city in 1949. Residents have complained for nearly as long, but reforms rarely stick. By Stefanos Chen The helicopter has been a ...

The helicopter tourism industry sends some 30,000 flights over the Big Apple every year. Other tragic crashes have prompted regulations. But even a successful flight can be controversial. Because such ...