Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

Hi What does it mean to beat the air into submission? Context: A helicopter doesn't fly it beats the air into submission.

 

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...

 

I see you can use different prepositions following arrive and a place name. For example: I arrived in London. (I have seen it in anothere thread is it OK? I arrived to London/to the meeting etc. (I think this is the usual prepositon). I came across this sentence and although I would use 'to'...

 

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.

 

The people that need to go to the hospital very quickly sometimes go by helicopter/in helicopters. "by helicopter" es un poco más formal pero se usa más que la otra.

 

I don?t ride in helicopters often but I think I would say ?get in a helicopter.? Perhaps this is because a helicopter functions more as a private vehicle (like a taxi) rather than a public vehicle (like an airplane or train). I think along that same vein that ?get out of? would be correct though they both sound ok to me.

 

Hi all I want to say that helicopter parents take care of their kids too much so the kids cannot take care of themselves. If I write: Helicopter parents make their kids not able to take care of themselves. Is the construction correct? Or should I say: Helicopter parents make their kids...

 

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...

 

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.

 

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.