- published: 09 Jan 2016
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A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward, and laterally. These attributes allow helicopters to be used in congested or isolated areas where fixed-wing aircraft and many forms of VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft cannot perform.
The word helicopter is adapted from the French language hélicoptère, coined by Gustave Ponton d'Amécourt in 1861, which originates from the Greek helix (ἕλιξ) "helix, spiral, whirl, convolution" and pteron (πτερόν) "wing". English-language nicknames for helicopter include "chopper", "copter", "helo", "heli", and "whirlybird".
Helicopters were developed and built during the first half-century of flight, with the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 being the first operational helicopter in 1936. Some helicopters reached limited production, but it was not until 1942 that a helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky reached full-scale production, with 131 aircraft built. Though most earlier designs used more than one main rotor, it is the single main rotor with anti-torque tail rotor configuration that has become the most common helicopter configuration. Tandem rotor helicopters are also in widespread use due to their greater payload capacity. Coaxial helicopters, tiltrotor aircraft, and compound helicopters are all flying today. Quadcopter helicopters pioneered as early as 1907 in France, and other types of multicopter have been developed for specialized applications such as unmanned drones.
Actors: Matthew Mead (producer), Matthew Mead (writer), Matthew Mead (director), Matthew Mead (editor), Chloë Gott (actor), Paul Lewis (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Short,Actors: Richard T. Jones (actor), Mitchell Rose (director), Quincy Jones III (composer), Denise Dowse (actress), Teo (actor), Dwayne L. Barnes (actor), Tommy Morgan Jr. (actor), Ernie Lee Banks (actor), Mushond Lee (actor), DeJuan Guy (actor), Frankie Avina (actor), Garret Williams (producer), Debra Port (actress), Garret Williams (writer), Adolfo Martínez Pérez (editor),
Plot: Eugene, a.k.a. Helicopter, has attached himself to his friend Malik as his trainer/manager. Preparing him for his upcoming tryout for the USC basketball team. Helicopter has plans to follow Malik out of South-central and all the way to the pro's. Sharing in the benifits along the way. Like most dreams, the reality falls short of the hope.
Genres: Drama, Short,helicopter falls to my
calm virgin island
it said I want to show you
new clouds and new sky
from shore to sun
we'll soar like one
brave martyr pilot
so that I can know you
outside our cold-winded earth
feel part of your desolate pain
taste what has made you grow
at once with your oddness you enlighten
my slow unnurtured brain
be mine for a day
let your lids shut out that bad focus
to die in a storm
holding you in my last hour
our burning flesh will blow over
some nightmare sea
daylight won't find a trace
where heaven finds us
living eyes won't find a sign
where peace will hear our prayers