The Helicopters
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| Active from | 1981 |
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| Genres | New Wave/Post-Punk |
| Albums | Sizing Up the Distance |
| How to Fake Fall Asleep | |
| Record labels | helicopters |
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| FlyCasual Records | |
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| ID | 2186966 |
About The Helicopters
The Helicopters were a South African pop rock band active in the 1980s. They formed in 1981 in Vereeniging and were stylistically similar to the new wave bands Duran Duran and A Flock of Seagulls.
The indiscriminate devastation of Canada's raging wildfires
... The Helicopters flew and dropped water virtually from dawn till dusk and were back again the next day...
Why are tensions mounting on the Belarus-Poland border?
... BBC Verify has matched the serial numbers on The Helicopters to...
No hope of survivors from MRH-90 helicopter crash in Australia
... The fleet was pulled from the skies after an engine failure in one of The Helicopters during a training exercise in March, forcing the crew to ditch into the sea off the coast of New South Wales...
Mapping the search for Colombia's plane crash children
... The Helicopters broadcast messages in the Huitoto language recorded by the children s grandmother urging them to stop moving and stay put in order to give the army a better chance of finding them...
Dmitry Mishov, Russian airman who defected, gives BBC interview
... " Now they can replace The Helicopters, but there are not enough pilots, " Dmitry says...
Ukraine war: The mothers going to get their children back from Russia
... Then The Helicopters and the firing...
Australia helicopter collision: Pilot did not hear radio call, interim report says
... The Helicopters were being used for short sightseeing trips by Sea World Helicopters...
Ukraine war: On board low-flying helicopter with renowned airman
... " As soon as The Helicopters land, maintenance crews converge, refuelling and rearming the aircraft to be ready for the next flight...