While they're not supersonic like some jet airplanes, many military helicopters fly through the skies at breakneck speeds.

The world has seen many a helicopter since the origin of the rotor craft, but some stand out more than others.

Richard looks at a picture of a Cheyenne in a scrapbook. “This is the fastest helicopter in the world. Even today. It would actually fly circles around the gunships even today,” said Richard ...

The Louisiana State Police flies the Bell 407, a model that recorded one of the fastest ... helicopters don't come off the assembly line branded as one. Different departments around the world ...

In the mid-1960s they even started work on converting the Mil Mi-6 — the USSR’s largest and fastest helicopter — to carry paying passengers. Unfortunately this never got past a single ...