Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

Dear all Can you explain the difference between two sentences? To my ear meant has a more strong wii of being on the helicopter by Engel. The second meands that he wants to be on the helicopter. Am I right? 1)Richard Engel said that he was supposed to be on one of the helicopters that...

 

Hello everybody I'm new to this forum. My question is : is it correct to say "to go with the plane" or "to go on the plane" instead of saying "to go by plane"? Thanks a lot.

 

And I also found a couple of sentences using ?hover over? * I see that an eagle hovers over you * You can have a helicopter which is hovering over a particular part of the city. But when I check out ?hover over? on Collins and fount the following example sentence * Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers. * Heir feather rose off the desk and hovered about four feet ...

 

Hola foreros In English helicopters are often slangily referred to as "birds" (or "helos" or "Hueys" or "choppers" or "copters" it seems). Context: a soldier in the U.S. military talking about how his team "always has a bird in the sky." Anyone know of a/some similar slang term/s in...

 

Helicopter (and there are still a few airships in the US). I agree that "by plane" sounds wrong but I'm not sure your reason is the reason. I guess one could ask a pilot: Have you ever flown a helicopter?

 

One does not drive helicopters. One flies or pilots aircraft including helicopters which can include hovering. Even on the ground for helicopters with wheels the verb would be "taxi." On the other hand one might find the term "helicopter drivers" used humorously and intentionally incorrectly but that's a special case.

 

Hello everybody ! I already know that "helicopter" is stressed on "he-" but I need to know whether this word obeys a certain phonetic rule or not because I really don't manage to find it out. It is for a lesson at university. Thank you so much.

 

In both cases I would say "I flew in a helicopter once" or "I once flew in a helicopter" without any distinction between the tenses or the placement of 'once.' I would not say "I have flown in a helicopter once." Perhaps AmE.

 

- She oftens takes me to work in her helicopter. - Can say use "on" instead of "in"? Thanks a lot! NamLan

 

Hello everybody I'd like to know what preposition native speakers feel is more natural in the context of helicopters. I found in COCA entries for both get in and get on the helicopter. However get on has more entries than get in. Please help me with that and if you dont mind let me know...