rotary-wing aircrafts

Definition of rotary-wing aircraftsnext
plural of rotary-wing aircraft

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Noun
  • The rotorcraft is being built at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
    Mary Eber, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For example, Skyfall will feature three little helicopters, which will be similar to Ingenuity, the NASA rotorcraft that landed on the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover in February 2021.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Each destroyer is equipped with two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters that can fly out to ships that might be potentially approaching the blockade line and can provide visual identification of the approaching ship.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In this case, a genteel woman’s tradition is set against the sound of military helicopters whirring overhead.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But even painstaking security measures didn’t stop choppers from flying over the wedding site.
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Below in the courtyard where the big choppers had been loading, the headlights from the cars and trucks surrounding the parking lot were still on to light the way for the choppers.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Rotary-wing aircrafts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rotary-wing%20aircrafts. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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