The Helicopters"Traces the development of the autogiro and helicopter, shows how helicopters have been used in war, and looks at various models now in use."--Amazon.com viewed April 4, 2022 |
Contents
Turning fantasy into reality | 17 |
The amazing autogiro | 51 |
The dream come true | 69 |
Copyright | |
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aeronautical Air Force aircraft airplane aloft altitude American angle Anton Flettner assault autogiro autorotation aviation Bell 47s Bothezat Breguet built CH-46 Sea Knight chopper Cierva Claisse Cobra cockpit collective pitch copilot copter Cornu Courtney craft crew demonstration Dustoff early enemy engine evacuation Farley feet fighter fire fixed-wing Flettner flew fliers flying machine Focke forward French fuselage ground gunships Gyroplane helicopter design helicopter's Henrich Focke hoist hover Huey Igor Sikorsky inventor Jolly Green Kolibri Korean Korean War la Cierva landing later lifting rotor load main rotor Marines MASH medevac miles per hour military minutes missions Navy nose parachute passenger Paul Cornu Piasecki Pitcairn plane pounds propeller rescue rotary-winged rotating rotor blades Saigon Shawnee SIKORSKY S-55 Sikorsky Skycrane Sikorsky's Skycrane slicks speed tail rotor test pilot tilt torque transport troops turned U.S. Army United vertical flight Viet Cong Vietnam weight wings wounded soldier Yankee Papa
References to this book
Aviation's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings ... Steven A. Ruffin No preview available - 2005 |