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Platforms > Aircraft > HELICOPTER

PREFERRED TERM

HELICOPTER  

DEFINITION

  • An aircraft that derives its lift from blades that rotate about an approximately vertical central axis. [Source: The American Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright ? 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.]

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/06e037ed-f463-4fa3-a23e-8f694b321eb1

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