Download or read book Modern Fighting Helicopters written by Bill Gunston and published by Salamander Books (PA). This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated analysis of one of the premier combat weapons on the modern battlefield looks at the designs, weapons and tactics of 40 of today''s military helicopters, including the Kamov Ka-50 and Ka-52 and the Boeing Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche'
Download or read book Modern Helicopters written by Bill Gunston and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1990 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfar written by Walter Boyne and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The helicopter was introduced to warfare during World War II. Since then, it has had a profound effect at both the tactical and strategic levels. This in-depth book by a military aviation expert examines the growth of the helicopter's importance in warfare and argues convincingly that severe flaws in the military procurement process have led to U.S. troops using antiquated helicopter designs in combat despite billions spent on research and development.
Download or read book Modern Air Power written by Michael Heatley and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive account of helicopter development and deployment since 1945.
Download or read book Modern Fighting Helicopters written by Bill Gunston and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1988-12-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam War launched a revolution in the military use of the helicopter. The first purpose-built attack helicopters were used, and have since become a standard fixture of every major army.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Stanley S. McGowen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-05-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci and first deployed in World War II, the helicopter is now a universal icon of modern warfare, a key component of combat planning around the world, and one of the military's most versatile and effective tools. Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers the development of helicopters from a concept in Leonardo daVinci's mind to the first successful machines in the early 1900s to the latest tilt-rotor designs. Time and again, in a story of constant innovation, designers answered the concerns of military planners with more maneuverable, more capable rotorcraft. With expert analysis and specific details of every significant model ever used, Helicopters shows how these once denigrated machines became essential to a variety of missions (reconnaissance, transport, attack, support, evacuation, urban combat, quick strikes behind enemy lines, and more). In addition, the book looks at the impact of rotorcraft beyond the military, including their ever-widening role in emergency medical care, police work, traffic control, agriculture, news reporting, and more.
Download or read book Know Your Helicopters written by Thomas Hargreave and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Know Your Helicopters is a pocket-sized book detailing 44 types of helicopters most commonly seen in service today from the smallest Robinson to the biggest Mil, including Bells, Boeings, Sikorskys and many more. A photograph of each machine is included.Tom Hargreave served 18 years in the British Army as an Army Air Corps pilot. In this time he accumulated 2,500 hours of flight time across a variety of helicopter types including the Gazelle, Lynx, Agusta 109 and the Apache.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Sarah Tieck and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Put readers in the pilot's seat of a helicopter! With vibrant graphics, action-packed photographs, and engaging text, this book will get readers excited about the fast, thrilling world of helicopters. Readers will learn how helicopters are used for transport, rescue work, and military efforts. The forces that make a helicopter fly - lift, gravity, thrust, and drag - are also described. A comprehensive diagram displays the main parts of a helicopter. Simple, straightforward text breaks down complicated engine workings for readers. Also discussed are safety measures and helicopter history. Features include a table of contents, fast facts, a glossary with phonetic spellings, and an index. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Download or read book A Timeline of Helicopters written by Tim Cooke and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonardo da Vinci had an idea for an aircraft with a spinning blade, but the first helicopter only appeared in the 1930s. Carrying supplies, rescuing casualties, transporting soldiers, bombing targets: read about the many tasks of the modern helicopter in conflict.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Nick Confalone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helicopters are amazing machines. They can take off and land vertically, hover over an area, and fly forward, backward, and laterally. This new nonfiction 8x8 is full of fascinating facts and photographs of these incredible choppers.
Download or read book Military Helicopters written by Karen E. Bledsoe and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The military uses helicopters for many reasons. Each chopper is designed for its specific purpose: transporting goods and troops, sending rockets and missiles at the enemy, or some combination thereof. Learn about the different kinds of military helicopters from the men and women who use them every day.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Mark Dartford and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes various models of helicopters used for military purposes, from the Sikorsky to the A160 Hummingbird.
Download or read book Modern European Helicopters written by A. H. Lukins and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Helicopters written by Mark J. Harasymiw and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Vietnam War, helicopters proved their worth to the US military. With brave crews aboard, they hovered low in the skies to rescue pilots and soldiers who were frighteningly close to enemy forces. How fascinating to think that the first helicopters couldn't even stay upright! In this book, readers will discover what it was like for the inventors of the helicopter, while also learning how this huge machine became the military necessity it is today. Exciting content, along with full-color photographs of daring rescues and high-tech equipment, will inspire readers to look to the skies. Detailed sidebars and fact boxes will keep readers engaged from cover to cover.
Download or read book American Military Helicopters and Vertical Short Landing and Takeoff Aircraft Since 1941 written by E.R. Johnson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past eight decades, developments in vertical lift aircraft--both helicopters and vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) planes--have given the American military unparalleled capabilities on the modern battlefield. The U.S. has led the world in vertical lift technologies with the help of some of the brightest minds in this field--Igor I. Sikorsky, Arthur M. Young, Frank N. Piasecki, Charles H. Kaman and Stanley Hiller, Jr., to name a few--and by having the industrial prowess to make their concepts reality. This book provides a concise historical survey, including technical specifications, drawings, and photographs of every type of helicopter and V/STOL aircraft developed for the U.S. military, from the earliest examples tested in 1941 and 1942, up to the newest prototypes.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Marty Gitlin and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helicopters have done it all! They have rescued wounded soldiers. They have carried men into battle. They have searched for enemy submarines. They have destroyed dangerous mines. The sound of helicopter rotors cutting through the sky has brought relief to American troops. Read all about the history and future of military helicopters in this exciting book.
Download or read book Helicopters written by Kate Scarborough and published by Barron's Educational Series. This book was released on 1994 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A basic illustrated guide to helicopters for children.
