For the past few years I've been trying to remember the name of a movie I saw as a kid. The only scene I remember involved a group of kids trapped and hanging inside a net and one of the kids using his remote control helicopter to chop down the net. [more inside]
posted by ydant on Sep 17, 2009 - 4 answers

I'd like to take my girlfriend on a helicopter tour of New York City for her birthday. Any advice on booking and making the most of the experience? [more inside]
posted by andromache on Jun 4, 2009 - 3 answers

What's the name of the bizarre effect that caused a few helicopter crashes where the light of the sun is strobed by the blades causing the pilot to have some kind of seizure? I've been Googling like mad and I can't find anything, but I'm sure it has a name!
posted by debord on Mar 3, 2009 - 5 answers

Is this picture of a shark attacking a frog man for real? [more inside]
posted by lhputtgrass on Feb 8, 2009 - 10 answers

Why are helicopters hovering over San Francisco? Does anyone have any idea what they were doing? There were at least six, for at least half an hour, spaced wide apart, seemingly just hovering. A friend said they were at it last night, too. They're pretty loud, and the one near me was flying relatively low. I couldn't make out details. Something Mint-related? I can't find anything on the news or Google.
posted by monkeypants on Dec 30, 2008 - 6 answers

Do you really need to duck when getting in/out of a helicopter? [more inside]
posted by doorsfan on Mar 25, 2008 - 25 answers

If the right helicopter were to exist, could I rise X number of feet (not to far mind you) above the earth point myself in the right direction hover there and then watch the world go by underneath me? How fast would I have to go and should I bring a change of clothes?
posted by pianomover on Feb 18, 2008 - 22 answers

Hive mind: recommend me a readily available (mail-order's okay) sub-$150 airbrush kit for a beginner that will neither overwhelm nor be outgrown! (recipient: 21-year-old interested in painting R/C helicopter canopies) Bonus points if it includes paints.
posted by DoctorFedora on Dec 3, 2007 - 3 answers

Please help me find the title of a hazy remembered childrens book with animals and a helicopter. [more inside]
posted by Glow Bucket on Nov 23, 2007 - 9 answers

Getting trained and working as a Helicopter Pilot-filter. - I'm getting out of the Navy after four years, with a worthless AA degree. Flying helicopters is something I’ve always wanted to do but not for the military. Any helicopter pilots out there that can tell me where to get started??? (I'd love to hear some personal experiences:) [more inside]
posted by nintendo on May 19, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm thinking of buying an RC helicopter. I need some advice. [more inside]
posted by the ghost of Ken Lay on May 16, 2007 - 15 answers

Help me choose a budget friendly helicopter tour in Hawaii... [more inside]
posted by slim on Nov 20, 2006 - 8 answers

I would like to track down a local rumor with an Urban Legend feel... [more inside]
posted by ObscureReferenceMan on Jan 24, 2006 - 6 answers

Would a helicopter make a good makeshift windmill? [more inside]
posted by lazy-ville on Sep 12, 2005 - 17 answers

In follow-up to this question, the president usually flies in a VH-3D helicopter (at least that's what most pictures show). But the Marine unit that flies him around also has a VH-60N, which this seems to suggest is always accompanying the VH-3D. Anyone know why? What is the VH-60N used for? Are they interchangeable? Is one just for staffers/aides? Why not use two VH-3Ds?
posted by BradNelson on Jul 7, 2005 - 3 answers

President Bush showed up at the G8 in a fancypants "United States of America" helicopter. How did it get to Scotland? [more inside]
posted by cillit bang on Jul 6, 2005 - 11 answers

Anybody know the name of the $49 helicopter place south of the hoover dam on the 93? When you leave Las Vegas going south, there is a hotel and casino off to the left after you pass through the hoover dam. There is a big sign that says $49 helicopter flights. Either that hotel has helicopter tours, or their neighbor is a helicopter place. Anybody know what it's called? (The hotel or the tour place)
posted by gummo on Feb 28, 2005 - 4 answers