Fun Helicopter Facts for Enid, OK To Share With Friends

British singerJay Kayalso owns an R44 (registry code G-JKAY), which he pilots in the music video to the songWhite Knuckle Ride.

That if the engine stops, the helicopter rotor continues to spin allowing the machine to slowly land, generally without crashing to the ground.

Since around 400 BC, Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys, and the 4th-century AD Daoist book Baopuzi reportedly describes some of the ideas inherent to rotary wing aircraft

FAA - A History of Aircraft Structures Factoid for Enid, OK

Aircraft structural members are designed to carry a load or to resist stress. In designing an aircraft, every square inch of wing and fuselage, every rib, spar, and even each metal fitting must be considered in relation to the physical characteristics of the material of which it is made. Every part of the aircraft must be planned to carry the load to be imposed upon it.