ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFTS Synonyms: 14 Similar Words

rotary-wing aircrafts

noun

plural of rotary-wing aircraft

as in rotorcraft

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How Dragonfly Could Rewrite Planetary Science Scheduled to arrive at Titan in 2034, Dragonfly will become the first rotorcraft to explore another moon.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Skyfall will follow in the footsteps of Ingenuity, the first rotorcraft on another world, which hitched a ride to Mars aboard NASA's Perseverance rover.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of rotorcraft

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Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Riaz Lodhi, country director for the World Food Programme in Nepal, said rescue workers are trying to dig people out of the mud and that the Nepalese government is deploying helicopters to help.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of helicopters

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But Skyfall will be more capable than Ingenuity, whose main job was to show that choppers can explore the thin skies of Mars.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The president claimed that a new helipad had to be put in to preserve the White House lawn after the choppers used for Marine One were replaced in 2024 with more powerful aircraft.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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