Helicopter: Timeline

1983   Australia Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ... 

n Dick Smith completes his solo circumnavigation Circumnavigation

To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth [i], is to travel all the way ar ... 

 in a helicopter.

1997   On their way to Lebanon Lebanon

Lebanon, officially the Lebanese democratic Republic , is a small, largely mountainous [i] country ... 

, two Israel Israel

Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia [i] on the so ... 

i troop-transport helicopters collide, killing 73.

2004   A WNBC helicopter crashes in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. This event is covered by rival station WABC-TV.

2005   U.S. United States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a... 

 helicopters and warplanes bomb Bomb

A bomb is an explosive device that generates and releases its energy very rapidly as an explosion [i] ... 

 2 villages near Ramadi in western Iraq Iraq

The Republic of Iraq, is a Middle East [i]ern country [i] in southwestern Asia [i] encomp ... 

, killing about 70 people.