HELICOPTER TITLES

ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HELICOPTERS, Apostolo, Biorgio, Bonanza, 1984, f/f see photo, oversized book, over 500 illustrations of civil & military helicopters around the world, with 3-views, descriptions of the helicopters are accompanied by outlines of the basic technical data, tables with scale views, information on chart form, 140 pgs.

L'HISTOIRE DE L'HELICOPTERE 1907-1956, Boulet, Jean, Editions, 1982, f/f, French text, see photo, testimonies from pioneers, pilots & engineers who dedicated their efforts to make helicopters what they are 1907-1956, extensive contributions by the pioneers worldwide, informative, plentiful illustratings tracing the history, pictures of the main helicopters at the end of the 20th century, index of individual people involved & an index of companies, 261 pgs.

LIFT SYSTEMS, CO-AXIAL HELICOPTER, spiral bound booklet presented by the Lift System Comapny in 1964, unpaged

KAMAN H-43, Mutza, Wayne, Schiffer, 1998, new, soft cover, color photos. 1950's helicopter served in Vietnam. 107 pgs.,

KAMAN OUR EARLY YEARS, Kaman, Charles, Curtis Publishing, 1985, fine, hardcover (issued w/o dj), see photo, history of helicopter factory, developed the K-225 in 1951 which was the first to be powered by a gas turbine engine, photos, 175 pgs.

MAVERICK, Marvicsin & Greenfield, G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1990, vg/vg, see photo, first hand account of cobra pilot in Vietnam, 269 pgs.

McDONALD DOUGLAS (HUGHES) AH-64 APACHE, Monson & Peoples, Aerofax Minigraph No. 18, fine, soft cover, photographs, drawings, serial numbers, 48 pgs.

MILITARY HELICOPTER DESIGN TECHNOLOGY, Prouty, Raymond, Jane's Defence Data, 1989, f/f see photo, demonstrates with photographs, line drawings and original text, the revolution in design and technology, considerable time is spent reviewing the various design phases of a helicopter, from conception through to the building & prototype testing stages, 140 pgs.

MILITARY HELICOPTERS, Gething, Michael, Warbirds Illustrated #13, vg, soft cover, many photos, including color, 68 pgs.

MILITARY HELICOPTERS OF THE WORLD, Polmar & Kennedy, Naval Institue, 1981, f/f, see photo, comprehensive directory of military rotary-wing aircraft since 1917. arranged alphabetically by nation of design origin, covering over 200 models & their variants, photos, 370 pgs.

NEW WORLD OF HELICOPTERS, Delear, Frank, Dodd Mead & Co., 1967, vg (no dust jacket), traces the development of helicopters, photos, 80 pgs.

NOW SOLO, Murray, Jennifer, Mainstream Publications, 2002, new, businesswoman, artist, housewife and mother of three - became the first woman to pilot a helicopter around the world, in a record breaking solo flight, escorted by Colin Bodill, world microlight champion, she single-handedly chartered the helicopter across the globe, maps & photos (including color), 240 pgs.

PIONEERING THE HELICOPTER, Morris, Charles, McGraw-Hill, 1945, vg (cover wear), author was helicopter test pilot for Sikorsky, covers through the XR-4, used to some extent in WW II, photos & drawings, 160 pgs.

POCKET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD AIRCRAFT IN COLOR HELICOPTERS AND OTHER ROTOCRAFT SINCE 1907, Munson, Kenneth, Macmillan, 1968, vg/vg, 2-view color plates, 178 pgs.

PKZ 2 - WW I AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN HELICOPTER, Grosz, Peter, Windsock Mini Datafile #2, new, soft cover, photos, drawings, color plate, 9 pgs.< /TD>

PRACTICAL HELICOPTER AERODYNAMICS, Prouty, Raymond, PJS Publicatins, 1982, fine, soft cover, see photo, covers, hover power, verticle climbs & desents, blade flappping, airfols, stability, vibration, many illustratins, 86 pgs.

PUCKER FACTOR 10, Joyce, James, McFarland & Co., 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, memoir of a US Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam, his experiences are notable because he flew both Huey "Slicks" & Huey "Gunships", photos, 204 pgs.

RESCUE UNDER FIRE, Cook, John, Schiffer, 1998, new, men who risked everything to fly their evacuation helicopters into Vietnam battleground, produced to achieve a single goal - evacuate the wounded, photos, 175 pgs.

ROTARY-WING AERODYNAMICS (2 VOLUMES IN 1), Stepniewski & Keys, Dover, 1989, good, soft cover, devoted mainy to helicopter design, the principles cover other rotary-winged aircraft, diagrams & illustrations, 236 pgs.

SEARCH AND RESCUE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, Tilford, Earl, Center for AF History, 1992, fine, soft cover, US Air Force efforts to recover aircrews downed in combat, focussing on the war in South East Asia between 1961 and 1975, where search & rescue became a fine art, photos, maps, 212 pgs.

SIKORSKY HELICOPTER FLIGHT THEORY FOR PILOTS AND MECHANICS, Montgomery, John, Sikorsky Aircraft, 1964, vg, soft cover, illustrations & graphs, 100 pgs.

SIKORSKY H-34, Lundh, Lennart, Schiffer, 1998, new, soft cover, color photos. Entered service in 1954, eventually served 24 countries. 157 pgs.,

SIKORSKY HH-52A, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Lundh, Lennart, Schiffer, 2003, new, soft cover, see photo, design details, internatonal service, licensed production by Mitsubishi, story of the "Seaguard's" use by the US Coast Guard, record of each airframe's history, many color photographs, patches, line drawings, 152 pgs.

SNAKE DRIVER, Rosenburgh, Bob, Ivy Books, 1993, new, story of the Cobra, its development and introduction into Vietnam during the summer of 1967, author interviewed 12 person who flew with the Cobra, photos & illustrations, 202 pgs.

SNAKE PILOT, Zahn, Randy, Brassey, 2003, new, see photo, flying the Cobra helicopter in Vietnam, written by a pilot of the 1st Squdron, 9th Calvary, map & photos, 382 pgs.

SOVIET HELICOPTERS, Everett-John, Jane's, 1983, vg (ex-library), all aspects of Soviet military helicopters, history, design, production, philosophy, tactics. Glossary, bibliography, names, statistical records, photos, drawings, 179 pgs.

TALES OF A HELICOPTER PILOT, Kirkland, Richard, Smithsonian, 2002, new, see photo, author flew P-38 missions in South Pacific during WW II, He traded his fighter pilot wings for rotors. He flew medevac CH-46 in Viet Nam, sixteen tales also include accounts of how helicopters are used by firefighters, law enforcement & paramedics, photos, 173 pgs.

TO FLY LIKE A BIRD, Mashman, Joe, Vertical Flight Heritage, 1992, vg (no dj), autobiography of Joe Mashman, shares his many experiences as a helicopter pilot, photos, 194 pgs.

VERTICAL CHALLENGE, THE HILLER AIRCRAFT STORY, Spense, Jay, Univrsity of Warshington Pres, 1992, f/f, see photo, inscribed to previous owner by author, history of the Hiller Aircraft Company, many photographs, 224 pgs.

VERTICAL FLIGHT, Boyne & Lopez, Smithsonian, 1984, vg, soft cover, history of vertical flight with photographs & illustrations, 257 pgs.

VIETNAM CHOPPERS, HELICOPTERS IN BATTLE 1950-1975, Dunstan, Simon, Osprey, 1988, fine, soft cover, see photo, US Army helicopters in Vietnam, airmobility, tactics & techniques, gunships, helicopter ambulances, US Navy, Marine Corps & Air Force, many photos (including color), cut-away drawing, 199 pgs.

WHIRLYBIRDS, Spencer, Jay, University of Washington Press, 1998, new, 4 leading helicopter pioneers: Arthur Young, Sikorsky, Piaseki & Hiller, photos, 497 pgs.

WONDERFUL FLYING MACHINES, Beard, Barrett, Thomas, Naval Institute, 1996, new, history of U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters, photos, 240 pgs.