By Genevieve Helliwell | Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:45 Aidan Ross, Hakeem Kaitai and Frank Bunce do their bit to keep the rescue helicopter flying. For people throughout the Bay of Plenty, the sound of an approaching helicopter can be a lifesaver … Read more at The Bay of Plenty Times.

Boeing's V-22 Osprey is saved from budget cutsBy DANIELLE LYNCH Boeing's V-22 Osprey program escaped the federal budget chopping block once again after local members of the US House of Representatives voiced opposition about an amendment that would have stripped funding for the tilt-rotor aircraft … Read more at Delaware County Daily Times.

A group of 10 co-workers from Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth turned in their winning ticket on Friday at the Texas Lottery office in Austin. KXAN-TV reports ( http://bit.ly/LlcA8n) each person gets $1.6 million after taxes. Mario Mercado, one of the … Read more at Fort Worth Star Telegram.

New York PostThe helicopter crash last year that killed two Marines at Camp Pendleton was caused when the helicopter struck a red-tailed hawk, the Marine Corps confirmed Friday. The hawk — probably weighing about 3 pounds, with a 4-foot wingspan — collided with … Read more at Los Angeles Times.

The Baton Rouge Police Department gave the media a rare look at how it protects the public from the sky with its new helicopter. The weapon is stocked with on-board cameras that show what's unfolding below, including shootings, police pursuits and … Read more at Bayoubuzz.

The report submitted by the three-member committee led by Air Marshal (retd) PP Rajkumar has indicted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the civil aviation ministry and Arunachal Pradesh's civil aviation department. … Read more at Times of India.

The helicopter's Traffic Collision Avoidance System, which tracks the position of every nearby aircraft that is equipped with a transponder, worked the way it was intended, Earnhart said. Carilion reported the incident to the Federal Aviation … Read more at The Virginian-Pilot.

The first responders called for a big Skycrane helicopter 10 minutes later, and it started dropping water onto the blaze at 2:01 pm The first water-scooping tanker planes arrived just over an hour later. The fast response was crucial in stopping the … Read more at Austin Herald.

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By Chris Van Horne Ten Bell Helicopter employees will split the jackpot after they purchased the winning $28 million dollars Lotto Texas ticket last Saturday. For the first time in a decade, a group of Fort Worth residents are the winners of a Lotto … Read more at NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth.