But helicopter-maker Bell has been flying a new experimental craft with a totally different tail rotor, a system that could be safer in some cases, and is also quieter than a traditional tail rotor.

One is an H-135, and the other is the Airbus H-125. The distinction is the H-125 is a single-engine helicopter and the H-135 is a twin-engine. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

A new aircraft from Airbus Helicopters, the H160, takes the tail rotor and tilts it at an angle of 10 degrees. Why do that? It gives the helicopter “free lift,” says Olivier Gensse, the H160 ...

The Eurocopter EC-135, now marketed as the Airbus Helicopters H135, is a twin-engine light helicopter designed for a wide ...

Updated at 11:30 am ET (AP) BEIRUT - A Syrian military helicopter clipped the tail of a Syrian passenger jet with 200 people aboard in mid-air Thursday, but the larger aircraft landed safely and ...

Investigations into a fatal helicopter crash that killed two people on Sydney's north shore suggest the aircraft's main rotor blades chopped off its tail.

A mother and her seven-year-old child have escaped unhurt after the tourist helicopter they were flying in snapped off its tail in an emergency landing.