Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

You wouldn't say something like "Tom took me to the school grounds. I rode on his bike. He rode it skillfully but the ride was a bit too bumpy on the dirt road right before the school "

 

I doubt if that's related (though it could be; what do I know?). That was a trick which made it look as if Queen Elizabeth arrived at opening ceremonies of the summer olympics by jumping out of a helicopter.

 

Hi there conventionally do we say " take a flight " or " take a plane " ? Thank you very much.

 

Barque I take your first point but I'm afraid the second point is not really relevant. The logic for using "on" and "onto' is instead the fact that we can walk while we are inside/on a bus train plane ship etc. but not inside a car/taxi. That's why we use ' on ' for an aeroplane but ' in ' for a helicopter I think.

 

I also might wonder why you are emphasizing "in a plane". Do you normally go by helicopter? Usually it is better to use the shorter form of an expression: "I flew to New York". There is no need to say "in a plane" or "by plane". Nobody will assume you are a bird or used another form of transportation such as a helicopter a spaceship or Air ...

 

Sir and madam. Would someone tell me what is the different between them? Here is an example It was not long before a helicopter arrived 'on/at' the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash. My sentence is quote from 'New Concept English - Book 2' by WONG Nam and published by Longman in...

 

"He arrived on the helicopter that came in an hour ago." In the context you provided gengo I admit it doesn't sound funny because it conjures up an image of a large military size helicopter that does regular runs from A to B. Addition of "that came in an hour ago" suggests to me that there is a helicopter schedule. If it were a small 2-seater ...

 

One does not drive helicopters. One flies or pilots aircraft including helicopters which can include hovering.

 

But helicopter is supposed to have a three-syllable part and a one-syllable part: helico+pter I think it should have followed the same stress pattern as heliotrope but the last syllable does not seem "natural". "Copter" (or "opter") just sounds more like a word than "pter".

 

When you are in a helicopter you would be able to indicate where to go or how to fly because there are not so many people in that. I guess this would be a reason you feel "on the/a helicopter" sounds funny.