Divers' playground gets new toy: Junk helicopter joins sunken treasures of...

Lima News (Lima, OH);  May 19, 2007 ;     495 words ......see someone sink a helicopter, said John Choby...great training. Keith Johnson and his 12-year-old...often do you see a helicopter sink in the water? Keith Johnson asked. It is going...said of seeing the helicopter sinking. The father...

'Marine One' finds home at Nixon site; Library gets restored...

The Washington Times;  July 1, 2006 ;     348 words ......Stefanie Hausner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The 45-year-old helicopter that ferried five presidents as Marine One and was...The restored, 6-ton Sikorsky Sea King, the first helicopter employed by U.S. presidents, beginning with Eisenhower...for him, said Lt. Col. Gene Boyer, who flew the helicopter on many of ...

Station's chopper rescued: ; Channel 13 signs 3-year agreement for...

Charleston Daily Mail;  January 30, 2001 ;     336 words ......information as soon as possible." As the only news helicopter in the area, Chopper 13 has become an icon. It is...during other public forums. For many people, the red helicopter is the object of curiosity. "My brother flew a helicopter, and I always liked them," said Tasha Elam, 30, of Van. Others like ...

Another helicopter crashes in Iraq; 2 killed: Iraq voting validated, 2A

Charleston Gazette;  January 17, 2006 ;     516 words ......Two terrorist groups claimed they shot down the helicopter. Neither claim could be verified. Rashid Khalifa...heard a hissing sound, looked around and saw the helicopter losing control before crashing down." The U.S. command...credibility of a video purportedly showing an attack on a helicopter that was ...

Sikorsky to tour nation in effort to win presidential helicopter contract.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 13, 2004 ;     546 words ...By Kimberly S. Johnson, New Haven Register, Conn...rev up support for a new helicopter that could one day carry...to replace more than 20 helicopters in the presidential Marine...Sikorsky's new VH-92 helicopter is in a heated competition...

COME AIR, GIRL; Owner hires helicopter to find lost dog.(News)

The Mirror (London, England);  March 12, 2004 ;     353 words ......the missing dog he doted on - by helicopter. Geoff Hardy, 35, had searched all...Morgan, he hired a pounds 250-an-hour helicopter to scour the area around the theft scene in Essex. The helicopter had covered 40 miles when Geoff spotted...500,000: What was the name of Amy Johnson's plane when she ...

Helicopter help set for police.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  March 19, 2001 ;     228 words ...Byline: Steve Johnson CRIME in the Black Country...introduction of the police helicopter. Air crews are using the force helicopter to target identified high...Wednesfield police, said the helicopter had previously been used to...

Helicopter crash kills 3 in Price

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 20, 2008 ;     262 words ......explosion upon impact. The helicopter went down about a...at the tail of the helicopter, may have forced the...more than what the helicopter could handle," Jeremy Johnson told Fox 13 News. Johnson, a helicopter pilot familiar with...

Helicopter crackdown on speeding bikers.(News)

The Birmingham Post (England);  April 16, 2003 ;     277 words ......force is to enlist the help of its helicopter to track speeding motorcyclists and...education for all road users.' Dave Johnson, of the force's Air Unit, said: 'We...Once a vehicle has been spotted by the helicopter, it can be tracked from the air, eliminating...to pursue at speed. 'Officers in the ...

Seattle Officials Clip Media Mogul's Wings after Helicopter Creates Stir.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 16, 2003 ;     404 words ......property leased by Cruise Terminals of America. The helicopter has been ferrying guests to the pier where the Lady...million, 205-foot private yacht, is docked. The only helicopter-landing pads permitted on the downtown waterfront...yacht travels to ports throughout the world with its helicopter. ...

NAVY HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS TWO; TWO MISSING.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 11, 2000 ;     280 words ......other was rescued by a Navy helicopter, said a spokesman for the...than 30 minutes after the helicopter went down. They were taken...Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jan Johnson said the injuries were...an MH-53E ``Sea Dragon'' helicopter that crashed about 11 a.m. roughly 17 miles offshore, Johnson ...

Video purportedly shows insurgents dragging burning body of U.S....

AP Worldstream;  April 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ......that claimed it shot down an Apache helicopter last weekend. The U.S. military expressed...the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter was downed southwest of Baghdad, killing the two pilots. Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a spokesman for the command, said...be an AH-64" but added that other helicopters ...

Restoring Nixon's helicopter.(Richard M. Nixon)

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......as an agonizing day. It was the day the then Army helicopter pilot flew President Richard Nixon off the White House...later Boyer and a crew of volunteers are restoring that helicopter in a hanger on the edge of March Air Force Base here...Angeles. Boyer, who retired as a lieutenant colonel, flew ...

Polk man killed while repairing helicopter at executive airport: The...

The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 18, 2006 ;     375 words ......Executive Airport while performing maintenance on a helicopter, authorities said. Kevin M. Connolly, 33, was servicing...will not send investigators to the airport because the helicopter was not in flight or intended to be in flight at the...said. Air Orlando on Crystal Lake Drive operated the ...

SB Council grounds any funds for police helicopter

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  September 3, 2008 ;     416 words ......made the motion to trade the helicopter for three sergeants' and...on the Police Department's helicopter contract. "I am really worried...divert funding away from the helicopter. Sixth Ward Councilman Rikke Van Johnson voted to preserve the program...Johnson said. The crux of the ...