Sentence examples for command of a helicopter from inspiring English sources

"I was in command of a helicopter heading out over New York City.

One suspects that he cannot, for the life of him, see why a young marine risking his life in Iraq, and entrusted with the command of a helicopter gunship, shouldn't enjoy a Bud when off duty.

First Lieutenant Slavenas, I was informed by the voice of Bob Edwards, had been in command of a Chinook helicopter that was brought down by a missile as it ferried soldiers on the first leg of their trip out of Iraq for leaves.

The department has deployed hundreds of officers, a mobile command unit and a helicopter to monitor the rides, which wend their way through Manhattan on the last Friday of each month.

As we hear the whirring sound of a helicopter overhead, frantic desk-wallahs pass urgent messages ever higher up the chain of command.

The Queen jumped out of a helicopter.

Figure 2 The two input frames of a helicopter video.

The noise and the optical appearance of a helicopter are usually undifferentiated in studies on helicopter disturbance of wildlife.

But then Disney's second in command, Frank Wells, died in a helicopter crash.

My skipper and command master chief grabbed a helicopter and flew to Forward Operating Base Warhorse to see him before he was evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

At Action Stations, housed in old Boathouse 6, pit your wits and daring against the might of the sea in a series of simulators and experiments: try commanding a warship, flying a helicopter, mastering the tides and battling the Royal Marines.