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- Definição1
- A heavier-than-air aircraft (an aerodyne) which throughout all or part of its flight derives the whole or part of its lift from rotor(s) rotating in a substantially horizontal plane. A helicopter is a rotorcraft.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: operation of aircraft. Part III: international operations: helicopters. 7th ed. Montreal, 2010.
- Contexto
- Note.— Some States use the term “rotorcraft” as an alternative to “helicopter”.
- Subárea1
- Aircraft
- Ver
- rotary-wing aircraft
- Português
- aeronave de asas rotativas
- Imagem
The Fairey Rotodyne prototype, a combination of helicopter, autogyro and medium distance propeller airliner that never reached series production.
Fonte: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SFF_002-1055526_Fairey_Rotodyne.jpg
Helicóptero de dois motores.
Fonte: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belvedere.arp.750pix.jpg?uselang=es
