Whirr! Here is a helicopter flying in the sky 🚁 Look at its big spinning rotor! Make it red like a rescue helicopter, blue like a police helicopter, or green like a military one… color your own cool helicopter any way you like!
A helicopter has big spinning blades on top called the main rotor. As they spin, they push air downward, and that lifts the helicopter up. Unlike an airplane, a helicopter needs no runway: it can go straight up and down and even hover in one spot.
What jobs do helicopters do?
Helicopters do all kinds of jobs. Air ambulances (called “doctor helicopters” in Japan) fly a doctor straight to a sick or injured person and carry them quickly to the hospital. Police helicopters watch over roads and help with searches from the sky, and fire helicopters drop water on forest fires and rescue people in trouble. They also rescue climbers in the mountains and carry supplies to small islands.
