helicopter shot n.— «Take that shot with the camera held high above the head, so common on MySpace that some members refer to it as “the helicopter shot.”» —“Mirror images of the masses” by Alex...
Dust Off n. the military program of medical evacuation and transportation by air; an instance of such travel; a helicopter used for this purpose. Also dust-off. Etymological Note: The origin of this term is accurately described in the 1982 citation...
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n.— «The villagers kept prudently out of sight as we swept through, after a helicopter dust-off for Dum-Dum and McNey.» —by Charles W. Sasser Walking Dead Jan. 2, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
pucker v.— «“No matter how many times you do it, you still pucker once you get over the wire,” says one of the helicopter’s pilots, Chief Warrant Officer Lance Duensing.» —“The Doctors of War” by Bob Drury Men’s...
Dust Off n.— «The 57th had worked without a tactical call sign, simply using “Army” and the tail number of the aircraft.…Major [Lloyd E.] Spencer decided that this slapdash system had to go. In Saigon he visited Navy...
toe-in n.— «Gunsauls decided a closer extraction was necessary. He lifted off again, approached the children’s location and balanced the front tips of the helicopter’s landing skids against the sloping hillside what pilots refer to as a...