upi.com - According to a study conducted by market research and analysis company Forecast International, the production of medium/heavy-lift military helicopters will continue its growth into this year and then decline.

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Green Township, Ohio (cincinnati.com) — Easter eggs will fall from the sky above the football field at Oak Hills High School. Velocity Church is sponsoring a helicopter egg drop at the school Saturday, March 30.

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National Defense Magazine - U.S. Army officials have been talking for almost a decade about new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to replace its aging fleets of helicopters. The recent kickoff of a technical demonstrator program marks a transition from dialogue to actually putting an aircraft in the sky.

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Columbus, Neb. (journaldemocrat.com) - While tree trimming and removal have always been part of Nebraska Public Power District’s operations, patrols of over 4,300 miles of high-voltage transmission lines are conducted annually across the state to identify and eliminate potential hazards. The patrols, done by helicopter or on foot, include trimming and removal of trees within the power line right-of-way.

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Marysville, Calif. (Appeal Democrat) - For a minute, Alex Gowin said, "I forgot we were flying." That is how the Camptonville Academy senior described the start of her first helicopter flight.

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Arlington, Texas (Star-Telegram) - The Arlington Police Department recently won approval from the federal government to fly two remote-control helicopters for public safety purposes, likely making it the largest urban police department in the United States to be given permission to use the unmanned craft.

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app.com - The New Jersey National Guard formally began construction March 8 of a new helicopter support base near Lakehurst, a $43-million project that will allow the 1-150th Aviation Battalion to finally move out of obsolete quarters at a Mercer County airport and consolidate operations at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

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Donna, Texas (themonitor.com) - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter pilot said a laser blinded him March 7, leading to the arrest of two men, one of whom deputies said appeared to have been using marijuana.

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Mesa, Ariz. (upi.com) - A new single-engine armed scout helicopter has successfully completed live-fire exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds.

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Rotor & Wing - Phoenix Heliparts (Booth C1527), an aftermarket MRO and rotorcraft parts supplier, is one of more than 725 businesses that exhibiting at HELI-EXPO 2013 in Las Vegas. Tina and Darin Cannon, a veteran aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) with experience in MDs, the Bell 206 and the Aerospatiale/Eurocopter AS350, started their aftermarket repair and parts business in 2003, in the garage of their home.

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