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...
Australia helicopter collision: Pilot did not hear radio call, interim report says
By Tom HousdenBBC News, Sydney
A Helicopter Pilot may not have heard a radio call from another helicopter shortly before a deadly mid-air collision in Australia, a report has suggested.
The interim accident report also said the pilots may not have been able to see each other.
A British couple were among four people killed when the two helicopters collided off the Gold Coast in January.
One helicopter crashed, while The Other managed to land with heavy damage.
The Helicopters were being used for short sightseeing trips by Sea World Helicopters. One was Coming In to land, while The Other had just taken off.
" The Report details the calls made by The Pilot of The Returning helicopter and as they tracked south… that they saw passengers boarding The Second helicopter as it was preparing to depart, " Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said.
" The Pilot of The Returning helicopter recalled that the assessment was that the departing helicopter would pass behind them and that they did not recall The Pilot making a standard taxiing call, thereby announcing their intentions to depart. "
Mr Mitchell said this did not mean a taxiing call was not made, and that the ATSB would carry out a detailed analysis of radio activity at The Time of The Crash .
Footage later emerged of one passenger trying to warn The Pilot that another helicopter was approaching.
But the ATSB said this did not mean that The Other helicopter was visible to either pilot.
British victims, Ron and Diane Hughes from Cheshire, were holidaying in Queensland at The Time , police said.
An Australian woman, Vanessa Tadros, 36, also died in The Crash , and her 10-year-old son was among The Survivors But Seriously injured.
The Fourth fatality was Ashley Jenkinson, 40, an experienced pilot who lived in the area, but was reportedly originally from England.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com