Tag: Apache

30Jan

By Christopher HarrowNo Comments

Opinion

15 Best Helicopters in The World!

The first helicopters were produced in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Since then, hundreds of thousands of helicopters have been produced, in hundreds of different variants, but which are the best helicopters in the world? However, as with other types of aircraft, there have been several different types of helicopters developed. Among these are luxury helicopters, military helicopters, utility helicopters, training helicopters and more! This can make classifying the "best helicopters" rather difficult. Regardless, for the purposes of this article, I will focus on a combination of luxury, military and utility helicopters. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Sikorsky S-76 What do the Queen of England, Donald Trump and Burt Reynolds all have...

15Jul

By Alexander PaskNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

15 Fastest Helicopters in the World

We recently covered the fastest aircraft, but there were no helicopters in that article. This got me thinking what are the fastest helicopters in the world? When people compare conventional airplanes and helicopters, they tend to mention speed. Whilst this is mostly due to engineering, it doesn't mean that there aren't fast helicopters! (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 15. Boeing AH-64 Apache The Apache is the slowest helicopter on this list, however, it is still one of the fastest helicopters in the world. The Apache became famous in Afghanistan- Taliban soldiers were more frightened of the Apache than a tank! Part of this was down to all of the technology on board the Apache. Part of it was also down to the speed of the Apache- no matter how...