as in helicopters
a vehicle for traveling through the air that obtains its lift from rotors which spin horizontally
told stories of his days flying eggbeaters during the Vietnam War
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The firm, known for its Magni350 and Magni650 engines, launched the HeliStorm for helicopters in 2025.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Following 19 months of surveillance, more than 500 troops, six helicopters, and several planes descended on the facility, which was being protected by a perimeter of roughly 30 pickup trucks and over 60 gunmen.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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But even painstaking security measures didn’t stop choppers from flying over the wedding site.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
13 Apr. 2026
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Below in the courtyard where the big choppers had been loading, the headlights from the cars and trucks surrounding the parking lot were still on to light the way for the choppers.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Eggbeaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eggbeaters. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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