On this day in aviation history, May 9, 1962, the Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe took to the skies for its maiden flight. Developed as a heavy-lift helicopter for the U.S. Army, the CH-54-named after a Wyandot ...

(Courtesy of PSE&G) NORTH ARLINGTON -- A heavy-lift helicopter known as a Skycrane ... on the Meadowlands by reducing the need for trucks, cranes and other heavy equipment to traverse this ...

(Kyra Helwick/U.S. Navy) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Marine Corps’ CH-53K heavy lift helicopter program is preparing for a first deployment in 2025 as builder Sikorsky looks for additional ...

US Marine Corps Photo The Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift helicopter is now in the full-rate production stage of the program, the Navy announced last week. The new stage comes after acting Navy ...

With the Block II configuration, the twin-engine, tandem rotor, heavy-lift cargo helicopter can handle loads with a maximum gross weight of up to 54,000 pounds. Over time as armor had been added ...

Since its first flight in 1962, this twin-engined heavy-lift helicopter has been fighting ... Speaking of which, this sky crane comes in at 22.8 in. (58cm) long, 18.5 in. (47cm) wide, and 6.7 ...

MASCOUTAH — North American Helicopter on March 6 debuted its newly acquired K-MAX® medium-to-heavy lift aircraft with an aerial firefighting demonstration at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in ...