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An Overview of the U.S. Army’s New Training Helicopter Competition

Bell, M1 and Lockheed Martin have been selected for the next phase of the U.S. Army’s Flight School Next competition. Let’s ...
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As Army narrows field for its flight-school outsourcing contract, Congress says: not so fast

Congress won’t fund the Army’s plans to outsource training for new helicopter pilots until it sees the results of a trial ...
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Instructor Dead, 19-Year-Old Student Critically Injured After Out-of-Control Helicopter Crashes into Parked Car

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the helicopter was “conducting a training flight” at the time of the crash A flight instructor died, and a teen student was critically injured after an ...
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Less than a second before hitting a passenger jet, helicopter instructor told pilot to change course, NTSB hearing reveals

The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine what caused the deadly midair collision on January 29 between an Army ...