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1. Principles of Helicopter Flight by W. J. Wagtendonk | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2006-09-01)
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Not what I ordered
Excellent
If you are flying remote controlled helicopter, read this book first!.......before throwing away your money.
Great Book For Helo Pilots!
Principles of Helicopter Flight |
2. Learning to Fly Helicopters by R. Padfield | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(1992-01-01)
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Great Book!
Most Excellent Authorship
Helpful book
Excellent!
Great for beginners -- needs some update |
3. Pucker Factor 10: Memoir of a U.S. Army Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam by James Joyce | |
Paperback: 212
Pages
(2003-04-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description The author was drawn into the United States Army through ROTC, and went through training to fly helicopters in combat over Vietnam. His experiences are notable because he flew both Huey "Slicks" and Huey "Gunships": the former on defense as he flew troops into battle, and the latter on offense as he took the battle to the enemy. Through this book, the author relives his experiences flying and fighting, with special attention given to his and other pilots’ day-to-day lives—such as the smoke bombing of Disneyland, the nickname given to a United States Army–sponsored compound for prostitution. Some of the pilots Joyce served with survived the war and went on to have careers with commercial airlines, and many were killed. Customer Reviews (12)
It was ok...not great
Would easily be 5 stars except for a major faux pas!
pucker factor
Helicopter work
Ratings from a woman |
4. Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots by Greg Whyte | |
Paperback: 395
Pages
(2006-11-29)
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Editorial Review Product Description Acquire the Life-Saving Skills Needed to Eliminate or Reduce Most Helicopter Accidents A vital resource for pilots, helicopter enthusiasts, and aircraft maintenance technicians, Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots analyzes all aspects of helicopter accidents, including flight basics, engineering, meteorology, flight training, and human factors. This life-saving guide shows how proper preparation can help prevent accidents by addressing causes such asaerodynamic problems, mechanical failures, poor loading, mid-air collisions, and more. Filled with case studies and first-hand accounts of accidents, the book organizes accident types by primary causes, presenting proven methods for eliminating or reducing the possibility of each type. Greg Whyte, anex commercial helicopter pilot and professional aviation writer, draws on his own flying experiences and those of other flight veterans to provide a wealth of practical information and safety tips that are essential for everyone who flies, maintains or crews in helicopters. Filled with over 100 helpful illustrations, Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots enables readers to: Inside This Aviation Accident-Prevention Guide Customer Reviews (13)
Fatal traps for helicopter pilots
Great book!
Experience is what you learn just after you need.
great
A "must read" for helicopter pilots! |
5. Helicopters (Pull Ahead Books) by Jeffrey Zuehlke | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2004-12)
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Love Helicopters
My son's favorite book.... |
6. The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter by Vivian Gussin Paley, Robert Coles | |
Paperback: 163
Pages
(1991-09-01)
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Textbook
Master Teacher
The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter
Book Review of the boy who would be a helicopter What amazed me throughout the book was how Paley continued to encourage Jason to join them in their storytelling and refused to give up on him.In addition, despite Jason's differences Paley never labeled him.Quite honestly, I know teachers who would have labeled or viewed Jason as being a special needs child and wanted him out of their classroom.Yet, Paley was driven to help Jason and he eventually does make tremendous progress in her classroom.Of course, Jason's level of progress would not have occurred without Paley's patience and determination along with a positive learning environment, which sends an important message to teachers.Even at the end of the book, Paley never reveals what Jason's problem is or whether she feels he is in need of some special services.To me, I definitely recommend this book to any educator especially those who work with young children, since I think Paley has a real unique way of working with children and teachers could greatly benefit from reading about her classroom experiences.
Book Review of the boy who would be a helicopter After reading, Vivian Gussin Paley's book, the boy who would be a helicopter, I found it to be a very interesting account of her experiences in teaching young children.In particular, I was really impressed by the way she engaged the children in telling their stories through acting them out, since this not only allowed the children to learn, but also Paley had the chance to learn more about the children through their stories.Of all the children, Paley was primarily focused on a boy named Jason because he was so different than the rest of her children. For example, Jason refused to play with the other children and when Paley tried to get him to join the group his typical response was his helicopter is broken at which point he would rush off to "supposedly' fix it. What amazed me throughout the book was how Paley continued to encourage Jason to join them in their storytelling and refused to give up on him.In addition, despite Jason's differences Paley never labeled him.Quite honestly, I know teachers who would have labeled or viewed Jason as being a special needs child and wanted him out of their classroom.Yet, Paley was driven to help Jason and he eventually does make tremendous progress in her classroom.Of course, Jason's level of progress would not have occurred without Paley's patience and determination along with a positive learning environment, which sends an important message to teachers.Even at the end of the book, Paley never reveals what Jason's problem is or whether she feels he is in need of some special services.To me, I definitely recommend this book to any educator especially those who work with young children, since I think Paley has a real unique way of working with children and teachers could greatly benefit from reading about her classroom experiences. |
7. Helicopter Oral Exam Guide: When Used with the Oral Exam Guides, This Book Prepares You for the Oral Portion of the Private, Instrument, Commercial, Flight ... Checkride (Oral Exam Guide series) by Ryan Dale | |
Paperback: 180
Pages
(2006-09-01)
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Worked for me |
8. Helicopter Theory by Wayne Johnson | |
Paperback: 1089
Pages
(1994-10-06)
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Two perfect, one is secondhand??
Comprehensive Textbook
Helicopter Theory
Advanced concepts
Excellent job In the introduction to the book, the author defines a helicopter as an aircraft that uses rotating wings to provide lift, propulsion, and control. He then discusses briefly the basic physical principles that a helicopter needs in order to sustain vertical lift, as well as to move translationally. The design engineer must then weigh the factors that enable the helicopter to move against the maintenance and human factors involved in the use of the helicopter for transportation. The rest of the book is then an extremely detailed and fascinating account of the engineering analysis that goes into the design of a succesful helicopter. The author also overviews the history behind the helicopter, beginning with the Chinese rotor, circa 400 B.C. and with the first succesful flight with one passenger, and one meter above the ground, for about one minute, by Breguet-Richet of France in 1907. The author remarks that helicopter engineering currently emphasizes research and development than with invention. This is especially true in the military environment, with the Apache helicopter being a superb example of just how sophisticated a helicopter can be. It will be interesting to see how the technology and design of helicopters will change in the decades ahead. The trend might be towards pilotless flight for delivering military supplies or manufactured goods from one point to another, or perhaps helicopters that can morph into completely vertical or horizontal aircraft as the need arises. The physics behind vertical flight is described by the author as 'momentum theory', which was developed for marine propellors in the late nineteenth century. As the name implies, this is just an application of the principle of conservation of momentum. The rotor disk of the helicopter feels a thrust created by the action of the air on the helicopter blades. It must therefore exert an equal and opposite force on the air. This forces the velocity of the air in the rotor wake to be opposite in direction to the direction of the thrust. Momentum conservation, energy conservation, and mass conservation then give a relation between the induced power loss and the rotor thrust. The author also gives details on the 'vortex theory', which is based more on fluid dynamical laws of the flow field of the rotor wake. Emphasizing the local aspects, it reduces to momentum theory in appropriate limits. The author also shows how momentum theory applies to the forward flight of the helicopter. The author also treats helicopter performance analysis, which boils down to determining the power required and available for a range of flight conditions. The rotor forces and power must be calculated, and the author details two methods to do this: the 'force balance method' and the 'energy balance method'. The use of the computer has made this analysis considerably easier for the design engineer of course. The author gives a very interesting overview of helicopter speed limitations and how the helicopter could be landed safely after an engine failure, all of this being analyzed from a physics perspective. The mathematics of rotating systems is included in the book, along with the differential equations of motion for the rotor blade. The motion of the blade is expanded into a normal mode representation and analyzed using Sturm-Liouville theory. The author though outlines other approaches to the blade dynamics, such as the Lagrangian formulation and the Galerkin method. And also, in spite of the ability of computers to solve for the aeroelastic equations of motion, the author considers their analytical solution for the cases where such solutions can be obtained. One very interesting part of this discussion was that of 'ground resonance', which is a dynamic instability involving the the coupling of the blade lag motion with the in-plane motion of the rotor hub. There is then a resonance between the frequency of the rotor lag motion and the natural frequency of the structure supporting the rotor. ... Read more |
9. Helicopters (Military Hardware in Action) by Mark Dartford | |
Hardcover: 48
Pages
(2003-09)
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10. Black Hawk: The Story of a World Class Helicopter (Library of Flight Series) by Ray D. Leoni | |
Paperback: 325
Pages
(2007-08-25)
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A landmark book!
Excellent explanation of why the Blackhawk is the way it is
Great book, full of much behind the scenes info
BLACKHAWK A WORLD CLASS HELICOPTER |
11. Helicopter Gunships: Deadly Combat Weapon Systems (Specialty Press) by Wayne Mutza | |
Hardcover: 208
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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12. The Helicopter Pilot's Companion: A Manual for Helicopter Enthusiasts by Helen Krasner | |
Paperback: 160
Pages
(2008-12-01)
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13. Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics (Cambridge Aerospace Series) by J. Gordon Leishman D.Sc.(Eng.)Ph.D.F.R.Ae.S. | |
Hardcover: 864
Pages
(2006-04-24)
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A must have for all rotorcraft engineers |
14. Tactical Helicopter Missions: How to Fly Safe, Effective Airborne Law Enforcement Missions by Kevin P. Means | |
Paperback: 119
Pages
(2007-06)
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Customer Reviews (3)
Great Book
Tactical Helicopter Missions
Tactical Helicopter Missions |
15. Small Electric Helicopters by Nigel Cartwright | |
Paperback: 78
Pages
(2010-02)
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16. Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir) by Chuck Gross | |
Paperback: 248
Pages
(2006-06-13)
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Editorial Review Product Description Soon after the war he wrote down his adventures, while his memory was still fresh with the events. Rattler One-Seven (his call sign) is written as Gross experienced it, using these notes along with letters written home to accurately preserve the mindset he had while in Vietnam. Customer Reviews (19)
Eeerily Familiar
Great Read for History Buffs
What we did
Remember those who served, to protect our freedom
A must read for all to experience a time in history. |
17. Huey:The Story of a Helicopter Assault Pilot in Vietnam by Jay Groen, David Groen | |
Mass Market Paperback: 280
Pages
(1984-01-01)
list price: US$4.95 Isbn: 0345312538 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Great read.
Slick
Great Book
Good story - but why not tell the real story?
Love the book |
18. A Mild Form of Insanity: Recollections of a Helicopter Pilot by Mike Tuson | |
Paperback: 268
Pages
(2001-06-10)
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Not what I expected, but a good fast read
A Mild Form of Insanity |
19. BONNIE-SUE: A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam by Marion F. Sturkey | |
Perfect Paperback: 509
Pages
(1997-06-15)
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This is a great book!
Memory jogger
A boring account of what really happened
Fascinating View - Detailed and Worth Reading
Tandem rotors Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg, 1863 ... Read more |
20. Heart of the Storm: My Adventures as a Helicopter Rescue Pilot and Commander by Colonel Edward L. Fleming | |
Hardcover: 272
Pages
(2004-04-23)
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Editorial Review Product Description Col. Edward Fleming, retired (Eagle Bridge, NY), served in the Air Force and Air Force National Guard for 30 years as a helicopter rescue pilot and was the Commander of the 106th Operations Group, 4412th Squadron, in the Persian Gulf and the Vice Commander of the 109th Airlift Wing. Over the course of his career, he was responsible for saving 293 lives.Marketing Campaign Customer Reviews (9)
Such a page turner, you have to keep reminding yourself it is all true
Wow, that was good!
A good read
As close to being there as you can get...
Good Story, well written |
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