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What it takes to own and maintain a chopper in Kenya

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Some of the choppers used by government officials when they toured the SGR bridge at Man-eaters, Tsavo. May 26, 2015. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

Choppers, helicopters, or whatever you prefer to call them, are always an exciting phenomenon, despite one's age.

A helicopter is a rotary-wing aircraft that uses rotating blades or rotors to achieve lift and thrust, allowing it to hover, take off, and land vertically making mobility easier than the normal airplane.

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