Cloud Types and Formations
METEOROLOGY is the study of the earth’s atmosphere. Most of us go through life, performing our daily chores, without paying too much attention to the…
Articles by redback
Transitional Autorotations – Between the Hover and Cruise Altitude
During flight training most instructors teach you how to perform hovering and cruise altitude autorotations. This is all fine and must be performed on your…
Model T Of Helicopters
1944 ARTICLE: One brisk day back in October, a dapper, broad-shouldered young man made his way across the Washington National Airport to a toy-like little…
RotorWay Exec 90 Fuel Contamination
For several years Eric enjoyed the new found freedom of being able to fly his own helicopter throughout the Ozarks of Missouri. He followed safe-flying…
You Can Fly My Helicopter
By Igor Sikorsky – as told to George Daniels Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky – May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972), was a Russian-American aviation pioneer…
Dioferr Diora KX-165 ICEPICK
MAY 2011 The single-seat version of the Dioferr Diora, the Kx-165 ‘Icepick’, was unveiled to the public at ‘Aero09’ in Friedrichshafen, Germany during April 2009….
Historical Mini Copters
SEPTEMBER 1956 1. NAGLER HELIGLIDER A 1-man strap-on helicopter-autogyro proposal. Weight about 65 lbs; craft would lift man up rapidly at 2,700 ft/min rate, and…
Safari 600: A well-proven helicopter to build yourself
COURTESY: KiwiFlyer Magazine Magazine of the New Zealand Aviation Community SOURCE: Issue 50 – 2017 #1 SUBSCRIBE: http://www.kiwiflyer.co.nz/ CREDITS: Michael Norton – Editor | Publisher…
Guimbal Cabri G2 – Flight Test
COURTESY: KiwiFlyer Magazine Magazine of the New Zealand Aviation Community SOURCE: Issue 20 – January / February 2012 SUBSCRIBE: http://www.kiwiflyer.co.nz/ CREDITS: Michael Norton – Editor…
How Safe A Pilot Are You, Really???
I often wonder how safe the pilots are that I meet. And I hear so many stories that just send chills up my spine or…