We used to go on this cylindrical whipping beast that served no purpose other than to turn your guts inside out: The Rotor!

Helicopters can be as dangerous as they are valuable, in part because of a phenomenon called rotor wash. What is rotor wash, ...

The blades on a Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter spin awfully fast. In order to heft its weight (roughly 7.7 tons empty, or 13.2 tons at its heaviest), the five blades attached to its rotor head have ...