13-12-2019 Detroit, Michigan USA. Construction workers raising a US flag and a Christmas tree on the last piece of structural steel to be placed on new Fiat Chrysler automobile assembly plant. It is the first ne... © Jim West

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

20-07-2019 Guests arriving by helicopter, Lords Of The Manor Hotel, Upper Slaughter © John Harris

12-12-2018 Brexit is a Monstrosity sculpture by Jacques Tilly outside Parliament with chinook helicopters, on the evening of Teresa May confidence vote, Westminster, London, The float has a multi-headed chimera... © Jess Hurd

28-06-2018 Helicopter dropping water onto Saddleworth Moor fire, Stalybridge, Derbyshire. Provided by water firm United Utilities it is being used to collect water from a nearby reservoir and drop it on the moor... © Jess Hurd

28-06-2018 Helicopter dropping water onto Saddleworth Moor fire, Stalybridge, Derbyshire. Provided by water firm United Utilities it is being used to collect water from a nearby reservoir and drop it on the moor... © Jess Hurd

28-06-2018 Helicopter dropping water onto Saddleworth Moor fire, Stalybridge, Derbyshire. Provided by water firm United Utilities it is being used to collect water from a nearby reservoir and drop it on the moor... © Jess Hurd

06-02-2018 RAF Chinook helicopters flying over the House of Lords, London © Jess Hurd

06-02-2018 RAF Chinook helicopters flying over the House of Lords, London © Jess Hurd

04-10-2015 Police helicopter during the Conservative Party Conference, Manchester © Timm Sonnenschein

26-07-2013 Aerial View of London - Helicoptor Pilot. © Duncan Phillips

27-01-2012 A helicopter spraying a field in the Imperical Valley at dusk. Night aerial application has resulted from the rising cost of pesticides and the increasing immunity built up by continuous spraying whic... © Jim West

27-01-2012 Hotville, California, USA .A helicopter spraying a field in the Imperical Valley at dusk. Night aerial application has resulted from the rising cost of pesticides and the increasing immunity built up... © Jim West

27-01-2012 Hotville, California, USA .A helicopter spraying a field in the Imperical Valley at dusk. Night aerial application has resulted from the rising cost of pesticides and the increasing immunity built up... © Jim West

09-11-2011 Police and TV news helicopters over a National Campaign against Fees and Cuts march through the City of London. © Philip Wolmuth

02-08-2011 Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force (SARF) HAR.3 Helicopter training exercise in Snowdonia, North Wales. © Duncan Phillips

02-08-2011 Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force (SARF) HAR.3 Helicopter training exercise in Snowdonia, North Wales. © Duncan Phillips

02-08-2011 Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force (SARF) HAR.3 Helicopter training exercise in Snowdonia, North Wales. © Duncan Phillips

02-08-2011 Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force (SARF) HAR.3 Helicopter training exercise in Snowdonia, North Wales. © Duncan Phillips

02-08-2011 Royal Navy RAF Search and Rescue Force (SARF) HAR.3 Helicopter training exercise in Snowdonia, North Wales. © Duncan Phillips

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

06-06-2011 Great Western Air Ambulance service (GWAA) MBB Bo 105 Bolkow helicopter on the helipad, Bristol Filton Airport. © Paul Box

26-03-2011 Trafalgar Square with police helicopter searchlight. London. © Jess Hurd

02-03-2011 A colombian army soldier onboard a Black Hawk helicopter looking for illegal coca fields on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 Members of the FARC guerilla hidden under trees to avoid detection by army helicopters. © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 Members of the FARC guerilla hidden under trees to avoid detection by army helicopters. © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 Members of the FARC guerilla prepare some food for their group, they rest under cover to evade helicopter searches by security forces, after a long night walking in the forest. © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 Two women members of the FARC guerilla chat and laugh under cover to evade helicopter searches, after a long night walking in the forest © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 A woman member of the FARC guerilla has her hair combed by her boyfriend, hiden behind a wooden house to evade helicopters searches, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. © Boris Heger

01-05-2010 Police helicopter flies over Big Benn, Parliament. May Day, London. © Jess Hurd

19-04-2010 Marine One helicopter takes off from the White House lawn. © Jim West

19-04-2010 Marine One helicopter takes off from the White House lawn. © Jim West

13-01-2010 Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth speaking to the press before two Chinook MK3 helicopters, with their upgraded software, are revealed. RAF Odiham in Hampshire. © Justin Tallis

13-01-2010 A journalist smiling in a big safety helmets as members of the press wait to board one of the new Chinook MK3 helicopters at RAF Odiham in Hampshire. © Justin Tallis

13-01-2010 A Chinook helicopter sitting in a hanger at RAF Odiham in Hampshire. © Justin Tallis

13-01-2010 Members of the press wait in the snow to board one of the new Chinook MK3 helicopters at RAF Odiham, Hampshire. © Justin Tallis

13-01-2010 RAF personell walking out of a hanger in the snow past a Chinook helicopter at RAF in Hampshire. © Justin Tallis

27-06-2009 Clowns look at the police helicopter through binoculars. No Borders March. Calais. France. © Jess Hurd

01-04-2009 G20 Meltdown protest, City of London on the eve of the London G20 Summit.Police helicopter hovers, reflected in window of tower block. © Paul Herrmann

25-03-2009 The first LNG (liquefied natural gas) Q-flex tanker arriving from Qatar to the South Hook terminal, at Milford Haven. © Paul Box

25-07-2008 Army Chinook helicopter is mobilised to fight a pine forest fire near Ostia, South West Rome, Italy © Jess Hurd

25-07-2008 Army Chinook helicopter is mobilised to fight a pine forest fire near Ostia, South West Rome, Italy © Jess Hurd

04-11-2007 Air Ambulance landing in a field in Warwickshire. © Justin Tallis

22-07-2007 Gloucester. A Chinoock is deployed to help with saving the electricity poewer station that was at risk from flooding © Paul Box

07-06-2007 Block G8 protests at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Rostock, Germany. © Jess Hurd

07-06-2007 Block G8 protests at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Rostock, Germany. © Jess Hurd

07-06-2007 Block G8 protests at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Rostock, Germany. © Jess Hurd

06-06-2007 Block G8 protests at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Rostock, Germany. © Jess Hurd

23-07-2006 RamBam Hospital Haifa. Military transport and rescue helicopter lands to pick up medical team for the front line in Lebanon. © Thomas Morley

23-07-2006 RamBam Hospital Haifa. An Israeli soldier stands guard while a military transport and rescue helicopter lands to pick up medical team for the front line in Lebanon. © Thomas Morley

14-07-2006 An Italian pilot sitting in the cockpit of an A-129c Mangusta, at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K. © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 An Italian pilot sitting in the cockpit of an A-129c Mangusta, at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K. © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 A scale model of the EC145 Eurocopter, at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 A marine stands guard by the V-22 Osprey at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 Members of the American Military observe the V-22 Osprey at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 Delores Etter and General John C. Castellau at a Bell-Boeing press conference, on the V-22 Osprey. At Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 Michael A Redenbaugh, CEO of Bell Helicopters, at a Bell-Boeing press conference on the V-22 Osprey. At Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 General John C. Castellau at a Bell-Boeing press conference on the V-22 Osprey. At Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 The V-22 Osprey taking off at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

14-07-2006 The V-22 Osprey at Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, U.K © Rogan Macdonald

22-06-2006 UN Soldier with helicopter at Mongbwalu airstrip, Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo is preparing for what should be the first free presidential elections since independence 45 years ago © Geoff Crawford

10-06-2006 A helicopter sprays pesticides over a field of bell peppers outside of Arvin. © David Bacon

13-09-2005 Rebeca, the wife and immediate family of Dr John Garang of the SPLA at his funeral having died in a helicopter accident. Garang had also been made vice president of Sudan following the peace settlemen... © Thomas Morley

13-09-2005 Ugandan President Museveni speaking at the funeral of Dr John Garang of the SPLA who died in a helicopter accident. Garang had also been made vice president of Sudan following the peace settlement wit... © Thomas Morley

13-09-2005 Salva Kiir speaks at the SPLA soldiers at the funeral of Dr John Garang of the SPLA who died in a helicopter accident. Garang had also been made vice president of Sudan following the peace settlement... © Thomas Morley

13-09-2005 Crowds grieve at the funeral of Dr John Garang of the SPLA who died in a helicopter accident. Garang had also been made vice president of Sudan following the peace settlement with the Government. Juba... © Thomas Morley

12-09-2005 SPLA soldiers at the funeral of Dr John Garang of the SPLA who died in a helicopter accident. Garang had also been made vice president of Sudan following the peace settlement with the Government. Rumb... © Thomas Morley

25-08-2005 Air Ambulance landing in a car park © Duncan Phillips

25-08-2005 Air Ambulance landing in a car park © Duncan Phillips

25-08-2005 Air Ambulance landing in a car park © Duncan Phillips

25-08-2005 Air Ambulance landing in a car park © Duncan Phillips

25-04-2005 Children displaced by the Tsunami play with home made toys - plastic helicopters close to where the aid helicopters land, near Banda Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim Holmes

03-04-2005 After the Tsunami a US navy sea hawk helicopter with vital supplies for delivery to remote communities on the west coast of Aceh heavily hit by the tsunami. Aceh, Indonesia 2005 © Jim West

03-04-2005 An Indonesian military helicopter lands on the road just seven kms from Banda Aceh town. A displaced boy carries a box of food away from the helicopter to residents of a village near Banda Aceh who ha... © Jim Holmes

18-02-2005 Emergency services at an accident which caused the M40 motorway to be closed in both directions. A helicopter air ambulance can be seen taking off. © John Harris

18-02-2005 Emergency services at an accident which caused the M40 motorway to be closed in both directions. A helicopter air ambulance can be seen taking off. © John Harris

18-02-2005 Emergency services at an accident which caused the M40 motorway to be closed in both directions. A helicopter air ambulance can be seen taking off. © John Harris

17-09-2004 Emergency services on standby as helicopter lifts off. © Stefano Cagnoni

17-09-2004 Helicopter landing on field with clouds in the background © Stefano Cagnoni

05-07-2004 Helicopter pilot checks time on his watch before taking off © Stefano Cagnoni

05-07-2004 Helicopter pilot on flight above London © Stefano Cagnoni

05-07-2004 Helicopter pilot on flight above London © Stefano Cagnoni

05-07-2004 Yann Arthus-Bertrand, photographer of the 'earth from the air' series at work on a helicopter above London © Stefano Cagnoni

01-03-2004 Mosque with KFOR Helicopter patrolling over Gjilan, Kosovo, 2004 © Steven Langdon

06-02-2004 The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

08-10-2003 US military helicopter flies over Baghdad, Iraq. © Jess Hurd

09-09-2003 British soldiers on the Ministry of Defence stand at the Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition, EXCel, Docklands, London 9/9/03. © Philip Wolmuth

09-09-2003 Model helicopters on display, Agusta Westland stand. Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition, Excel, Docklands © Paul Mattsson

09-09-2003 A British Army Air Corps pilot displays the cockpit intruments of an Agusta Westland Apache helicopter gunship, this powerful machine has recently gone into operational service. Defence Systems and Eq... © Paul Mattsson

09-09-2003 British Army Air Corps pilots in the cockpits of the Agusta Westland Apache helicopter gunship on display, this powerful machine has recently gone into operational service . Defence Systems and Equipm... © Paul Mattsson