The Fallacy Of The Creative Thinking Pilot
Being Too Smart Can Create A Disaster A RAZOR-SHARP ANALYTICAL MIND CAN GET YOU INTO AS MUCH TROUBLE AS IT CAN GET YOU OUT OF…
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Bell Helicopter New Tilt Rotor V-28 Valor
Helicopter – Convertiplane Tilt Rotor Technology ARTICLE DATE: Spring 2013 Bell Helicopter has revealed its offering for the United States Army’s Joint Multi Role/Future Vertical…
Who Is Schweizer?
Schweizer Aircraft Corporation SCHWEIZER CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE DATE: September 1989 History was repeated at Schweizer Aircraft on 20 May with the “first flight” of…
Galaxie XRG-65A Glaticopter Test Lab
Single Seat Galaxie Engineering Experimental Helicopter ARTICLE DATE: August 1968 This small single-place helicopter is the product of Galaxie Engineering, of Newtown Square, Penna., under…
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…
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…