Helicopter Books
Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots - ChickenHawk - Chopper - Helicopter Aerodynamics - Wind Loggers.
Some of the more popular books covering helicopters, and the pilots that fly them.Written by respected writers in rotorcraft aviation.
From the authors of the best selling In the Company of Heroes come the thrilling, never before heard stories of the Army's elite aviation unit, the most daring and professional helicopter crews in the world.
During the Vietnam War, one out of every eighteen helicopter pilots never made it home alive. At age nineteen, Tom Johnson flew in the thick of it, and lived to tell his harrowing tale.
''The Mark Twain of helicopter pilots'' documents the exciting but perilous world of helicopter logging from the pilot's viewpoint. If you've done it all or ever wondered what it's like, this is a must read.
Dorcey Alan Wingo ... aka ''Captain Methane''
By Paul Creech & Jack Lawler.
Eagle with a Badge is the true story of pilot Paul Creech, who flew state police helicopters and other aircraft for thirty years, preceded by ten years as a highway patrolman.
From its first use in military operations, during a rescue mission behind enemy lines in 1944, to its crucial role in Vietnam, to the Black Hawk combat copters in the current war on terror, the helicopter changed the face of aviation-and the face of warfare.
Lu Zuckerman's adventures as an engineering consultant.Do you believe that the ''people in charge in aviation'' know what they're doing?
The temperature is minus forty degrees. A helicopter has landed on the frozen surface of Lake Michigan.
''What have I done?''
Twenty-First Century Military Helicopters includes the most potent rotary-wing aircraft currently in use with air forces around the world, such as the American Apache, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, British Merlin, French Puma, and Russian Black Shark.
Hardcover. 96 Pages.
In 1978, Sikorsky introduced the UH60 helicopter as a transport, medevac, special ops, escort, and reconnaissance platform to replace the UH-1 "Huey" that had become a legend in Vietnam. Nearly a quarter century hence, the "Black Hawk" remains the worlds premiere military helicopter.
The US Army's premier attack helicopter from Vietnam to the 1980s is presented in meticulous detail. Also covers the US Marine Cobras.
This is a warm, humorous, and candid look at the helicopter as a bush-flying aircraft, and at the machines and people that opened the North during the post-war years.
Helicopter flying changed aviation in British Columbia forever.
''It was hairy, of course. You never landed far from the edge of a drop-off. You just had to hop, skip, get over the edge and clear your tail rotor and get some rpm on the way down. Terrifying.''BOB TAYLOR, PILOT
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason is a shattering personal account of the helicopter war in Vietnam.
Dan McKinnon has written a book that all helicopter pilots in particular as well as all carrier aviators together with sea-going sailors and Marines past and present will enjoy and war like an old sweater.
A detailed review of the aircraft investigation process who investigates an accident, what they wish to accomplish, and how they analyze the individual components that make up the site.
Provides basic common sense instruction in the use of cockpit automation equipment prevelant in today's fleet of GA airplanes, with emphasis on the Garmin G430. Includes bonus DVD.
A comprehensive aviation safety management resource that provides a full explanation of the aviation safety process.
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