For about 76 years, helicopters have served the world as an important alternative to fixed-wing aircraft. Helicopters can go places and do things that airplanes cannot, like save mariners stuck at sea ...

The famed Wright brothers made history in December 1903 with their inaugural flight at Kitty Hawk. Just over six decades later, our understanding of flight advanced so far that Yuri Gagarin became the ...

Sergei Sikorsky, son of the helicopter manufacturer's founder, "played a significant role in the company's growth," the ...

Sergei Sikorsky, son of Sikorsky company founder and inventor of the first practical helicopter Igor Sikorsky, died Sept. 18 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A new study suggests that an early helicopter design by Leonardo da Vinci might hold the secret to quieter, more efficient drone flight. The study ...