Model helicopter 'predicts volcanoes' - BBC News

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Model helicopter 'predicts volcanoes' BBC News, UK - Nov 18, 2008 A Scots scientist who invented a new way to help predict when volcanoes will erupt has received a major award. Dr Andrew McGonigle, from Edinburgh, ... Helicopter that can predict volcanos is prize idea Scotsman all 11 news articles

US honors Yosemite search and rescue ranger - San Francisco Chronicle

US honors Yosemite search and rescue ranger San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Oct 30, 2008 Dill almost single-handedly invented modern helicopter rescue techniques off cliff faces. Such rescues were extremely rare until the 1980s, ...

"The Airplane" — a book that soars - Seattle Times

"The Airplane" — a book that soars Seattle Times, United States - Nov 13, 2008 ... the Frenchman who invented a toy helicopter powered by a rubber band; Otto Lilienthal, the German who pioneered hang gliding; and Lawrence Hargrave, ...

"The West must learn to listen" - Cultural Diplomacy News

"The West must learn to listen" Cultural Diplomacy News, Germany - Nov 20, 2008 I tell my American friends that diplomacy was invented 3000 years ago, and is the world’s second oldest profession - with no relation to the oldest ...

Heli-skiing: in search of the deepest powder - Telegraph.co.uk

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Heli-skiing: in search of the deepest powder Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 5, 2008 ... heli-skiing was invented. Hans Gmoser, an Austrian mountain guide who moved to Canada in the 1950s, was the first to use helicopters to transport skiers ...

Helicopter missile warning systems poised for next major leap - Flight International

Helicopter missile warning systems poised for next major leap Flight International - Nov 4, 2008 But the USN and USMC programme hopes to leverage the army's pursuit of a lightweight, low-cost jam head being developed to protect small helicopters, ...