Straight Facts About Strait Up Flying
Executive Helicopter Affordability ARTICLE DATE: February 1975 Businessmen arise! To the average pilot, the helicopter is a kind of bastard machine, sharing his airspace and…
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The Cobra Predator Turbine Powered Homebuilt Helicopter Engine History
APU Turbines For Homebuilt Kit Aircraft/Helicopters A Turbine Powered Kitfox ARTICLE DATE: February 1992 IF JIM GORDON OF MICRO AVIATION HAS HIS WAY, THAT’LL JUST…
R22 Pilot – Beating the Air Into Submission
Life As A Helicopter Pilot The Genesis of a Chopper-Jockey ARTICLE DATE: September/October 1986 There was a time in my not-so-distant but oh-so-shameful past when…
A Helicopter In Every Garage
Affordable Helicopters For Everyone WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “A Helicopter In Every Garage?” ARTICLE DATE: November 1978 THAT ERA MAY NEVER COME – BUT THE NUMBER…
Coaxial vs Conventional Helicopter & Tilt-prop VTOL Aircraft Designs
The Many Faces Of VTOL Designs I’m very interested in simplifying the mechanics of helicopter design and their safety factors, most specifically, coaxial helicopter designs…
Anodizing and Fatigue Life – Safari Helicopter
Dressing Your Helicopter For Disaster ARTICLE DATE: November – December 2008 Yep, you would like to win an award for the best helicopter. Yep, you…
The History of Cyclic Pitch & Invention Of The Swashplate
What Makes A Helicopter A Helicopter? Dictionary.com SWASH PLATE or SWASHPLATE – noun, Machinery. …an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force…
Making The R22 Beta Helicopter Better
Robinson’s Best Selling Helicopter Robinson’s new R22B II aims to help pilots soar. ARTICLE DATE: September 1996 – Reporting from Torrance, CA. YEARS AGO, Frank…
Aviation Weather – Reading The Sky
Reading The Weather Up There Clouds are messages that tell pilots what’s going on with the weather. As Philip Smart explains, the safe conduct of…
Best ANR Headsets 2018 Buyers Guide
Pilots ANR Headsets Buyers Guide Twenty years ago the buying decision of an aviation headset was much easier that it is now: you either bought…