Helicopter

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Hong Kong. Chinese-Hong Kong. Jul 5 2018. #9. Edinburgher said: Well in that case "plane" is better because it excludes "helicopter". "Flight" is ambiguous because it can mean either. oh I see understand. Thank you Edinburgher.

 

England. British English. May 4 2018. #3. You don't get 'on' a helicopter because it is relatively small and has 'walls' close by like a car. You get 'on' or 'on to' larger things where some of the boundaries are far away like a bus a train a cruise ship. There are often more formal words as mentioned by gengo.

 

Jan 3 2010. #3. One does not drive helicopters. One flies or pilots aircraft including helicopters which can include hovering. Even on the ground for helicopters with wheels the verb would be "taxi." On the other hand one might find the term "helicopter drivers" used humorously and intentionally incorrectly but that's a special case.

 

Banned. In a house. Glasgow Scotland - English. Sep 26 2007. #3. bibliolept said: "In" might be more common but "on" is fine. "on a jet plane" sounds natural for example. Just thinking about why "in a helicopter" sounds better than "on a helicopter" it occurred to me that we most often say "on a bus" when in fact we actually travel "in a bus".