Reading West MP Alok Sharma has called for the helicopter to take off and land further away from the house to reduce the noise.
We take off by helicopter from America's main research base in Antarctica toward Cape Royds, where exactly 100 years ago, in 1908, scientists started studying the local penguin colony.
They are the biggest purchaser of the revolutionary Osprey tiltrotor, which pivots its engines so it can take off like a helicopter, but fly as far and fast as a fixed-wing plane.
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For people who don't have that kind of time, Mori Building has an agreement with a helicopter charter company for discounted rides that take off from a heliport atop another Mori-owned tower a short walk away.
This aircraft which has the capability to take off and land like a helicopter yet convert in flight to move horizontally like a conventional aircraft represents the most important single advance in aviation since the introduction of the jet engine.
This aircraft, which has been called the most important aviation development since the invention of the jet engine, has the ability to take off and land like a helicopter yet fly horizontally at speeds far in excess of those possible for helicopters.
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Its ability to take off and land like a helicopter yet fly like an airplane, combined with its capacity to haul more troops and equipment farther, faster and with greater survivability than existing helicopters ensures that it will be of enormous value in future actions requiring long-range, swift and stealthy projection of ground forces.
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Investigators estimated that at take-off that day, the helicopter weighed between 3, 228 pounds and 3, 461 pounds.
He was seen wiping the helicopter's windows with a cloth shortly before take-off and complained by radio that he was having problems with visibility.
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First, the ducted fan design allows the car to achieve the speed and maneuverability of a helicopter -- 155 mph, 12, 000-foot altitude, two hours of flight time, vertical take off and landing -- but removes the dangers of exposed rotors, allowing the "car" to sidle up to buildings for rescue missions, or coexist in close quarters with other vehicles.
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