Author : Tony Mitton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2016-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0753472910
This picture book makes learning about helicopters fun.
Author : R. Randall Padfield
Publisher : Tab Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 14,15 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Helicopters
ISBN : 9780830620920
Discusses the principles of helicopter flight, controls, maneuvers, hovering, autorotation, emergencies, helicopter systems, safety, and other topics.
Author : Barrett Thomas Beard
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN :
This book clearly demonstrates the problems encountered by the personalities involved and their strengths in developing the helicopter for Coast Guard use. It shows how Erickson and his friend and mentor, Coast Guard captain William Kossler, undaunted by their lack of support, fought with single-minded intensity to establish the helicopter as a vital rescue tool in the service. Kossler died while the project was still in its infancy.
Author : William Heilman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1435711858
The 60's were a time of turmoil. A war was raging in Southeast Asia and across the country on college campuses, protests against the war were shutting down classes. The country was divided. The author recounts stories about becoming a helicopter pilot and flying two tours of duty in Vietnam during this period.
Author : Shawn Coyle
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,43 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Helicopters
ISBN : 9780813821696
Written from a pilot's perspective, this unique book provides a comprehensive overview of helicopter flying. It provides insight into all aspects of the modern helicopter, from turbine engines to automatic flight control systems, including descriptions of phenomena not explained elsewhere. Based on the author's experience of flying more than 43 types of helicopters, the book is easily understood and describes not only the way helicopters fly but also some of the peculiar things they do, and why.
Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761389660
Take a ride in a helicopter and learn what makes it fly.
Author : Walter J. Wagtendonk
Publisher : Aviation Supplies & Academics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,33 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781619543096
Trade Paperback + PDF eBook "bundle" version: Trade paperback book comes with code to download the eBook from ASA's website. This comprehensive textbook explains the aerodynamics of helicopter flight as well as helicopter maneuvers, going beyond the strictly "how-to" type of aviation manual. Helicopter pilots need to thoroughly understand the consequences of their actions and base them upon sound technical knowledge; this textbook explains why the helicopter flies and even more importantly, why it sometimes does not. Beginning with aerodynamics, each step of the process is fully illustrated and thoroughly explained--from the physics of advanced operations to helicopter design and performance--providing helicopter pilots with a solid foundation upon which to base their in-flight decisions. Containing discussions on the NOTAR (no tail rotor) system, strakes, principles of airspeed and high-altitude operations, operations on sloping surfaces, and sling operations, this revised edition also includesthe latest procedures Federal Aviation Administration.
Author : Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 42,49 MB
Release : 2007-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1602390606
The essential guide for anyone who wants to fly a helicopter or gyroplane newly updated.
Author : Tony Mitton / Ant Parker
Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 0753443783
Author : Hugh L. Mills, Jr.
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0307537927
The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity’s sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots (19-22 years old) “invented” the book as they went along. Praise for Low Level Hell “An absolutely splendid and engrossing book. The most compelling part is the accounts of his many air-to-ground engagements. There were moments when I literally held my breath.”—Dr. Charles H. Cureton, Chief Historian, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine (TRADOC) Command “Low Level Hell is the best ‘bird’s eye view’ of the helicopter war in Vietnam in print today. No volume better describes the feelings from the cockpit. Mills has captured the realities of a select group of aviators who shot craps with death on every mission.”—R.S. Maxham, Director, U.S. Army Aviation Museum
