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Black Hawk gets readied in Hayden, Sandpoint for civilian work
This helicopter and two others will be redone at the Hayden and Sandpoint businesses to prepare them to join a firefighting ...
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Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was on a 'proficiency training flight'
The Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jet near Reagan Washington National Airport had taken off from Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, about 15 miles southwest ...
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Black Hawk helicopter’s altimeter may have been inaccurate, pilots may have missed some calls from control tower
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
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Black Hawk Top Speed: How Fast Is The Military Helicopter?
The Black Hawk is a family of utility helicopters made by Sikorsky, a company owned by Lockheed Martin. One of the mainstays of the U.S. Army, it is extensively used by the U.S. military as a ...
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3D analysis shows how helicopter pilots could have mixed up jets in DCA crash
On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...
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A look at the history of the Black Hawk UH-60A
Among the helicopters at the regional launch point are the UH-60 Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters. The Black Hawk helicopter has been in service by the U.S. Army for more than 40 years.