1. The Coast Guard trained pigeons to assist in finding people lost at sea. They sat in a dome attached to a helicopter, pressing a lever after spotting life...

As far back as the early 1900’s, handheld cameras were used to make films in helicopters. Today, it’s altogether common for people who take an air tour to n...

Women, historically, have had to fight harder to break into male-dominated fields, and aviation is up there at the top of that list. Today, only a small per...

Helicoptering Isn't Necessarily a Modern Concept Leonard DaVinci first sketched his "Aerial Screw", considered to be the first conception of a vertical flyin...