in a helicopter vs in the helicopter

Both "in a helicopter" and "in the helicopter" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "In a helicopter" is used when referring to being inside any helicopter, while "in the helicopter" is used when referring to a specific helicopter that has been previously mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener.

Last updated: April 05, 2024 • 328 views

in a helicopter

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to being inside any helicopter.

This phrase is used when talking about being inside any helicopter without specifying a particular one.

Examples:

The pilot sat in a helicopter waiting for the signal to take off.
She felt a rush of excitement as she sat in a helicopter for the first time.
In a helicopter, you can see the city from a whole new perspective.
They traveled in a helicopter to reach the remote mountain village.
Being in a helicopter gives you a unique view of the landscape below.

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I wasn't thinking in a helicopter.
This time, he flew away in a helicopter.
I'm in a helicopter with Derek.
I've got him sitting in a helicopter.
There's a crazy man in a helicopter.
Jake took us in a helicopter then we drove tanks.
You left in a helicopter... with a group of survivors headed for Alaska.
He was in a helicopter with me.
And then I was in a helicopter with you.
We were flying around in a helicopter for six days.
When the wolf returns to his pack, the hunter follows in a helicopter.
I was in a helicopter... on Somalia.
Jumped in a helicopter as soon as I heard.
The photographer lifts off: Martin Krolop in a helicopter above Iceland.
Land on deserted Whitehaven Beach in a helicopter, and walk the pure white silica sand.
They actually put her in a helicopter.
São Paulo, you can travel in a helicopter 45 minutes seeing those high-rise buildings consume the 19th-century low-rise environment.
They're sending you in a helicopter back to Washington.
Fly over the Buccaneer Archipelago and its breathtaking horizontal waterfalls in a helicopter.
I heard Eisenhower's evacuating the White House in a helicopter.

Alternatives:

on a helicopter
inside a helicopter
aboard a helicopter
riding in a helicopter
flying in a helicopter

in the helicopter

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to being inside a specific helicopter that has been previously mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener.

This phrase is used when referring to being inside a specific helicopter that has been previously mentioned or is known to both the speaker and the listener.

Examples:

The keys are in the helicopter parked outside.
He left his bag in the helicopter after the flight.
In the helicopter, there was a sense of anticipation before the mission.
She found a map in the helicopter that helped them navigate the area.
The team gathered in the helicopter to discuss the plan.

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We'll rush the place once the guys in the helicopter are inside.
These are the guys that were in the helicopter.
Flying in the helicopter is the other half of it.
So, the operative escaped in the helicopter, but they shot it down.
The others were in the helicopter, so...
I saw you explode in the helicopter.
He has just established a world record of distance in the helicopter.
Private Rivers died in the helicopter on the way back to Bastion.
And this girl I worked with left the building, walked out got in the helicopter, and then a little while later came back.
Harvey, I can't go in the helicopter for 'traffic live!' because of my asthma.
They put him in the helicopter, and then you see Captain Swenson bend over and give him a kiss before he turns around to rescue more.
The bullet that we pulled from the dead robber in the helicopter is a match to Melvin's gun.
Your new Minister of Energy Development and his very pregnant bride are already in the helicopter and are waiting to go to the groundbreaking.
The recorders work in conjunction with a Sony LMD-9050 20-cm LCD monitor, which is also mounted in the helicopter.
I told you in the helicopter that you were destined for a great future.
Eventually, Ronnie went off in the helicopter, and we resumed the start.
Stroll in the helicopter or of the courses in quad can be organized.
Is it that guy that got picked up in the helicopter?
Well, I follow the moth in the helicopter to lure it away from the flowers, and then Roy comes along in the Lockheed Starfighter and attacks it with air-to-air missiles.
It was Sayid and Desmond in the helicopter, right?

Alternatives:

inside the helicopter
aboard the helicopter
riding in the helicopter
flying in the helicopter
sitting in the helicopter

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