Synopsis
Helicopter Evolution shares vintage images, 1907 thru 1974, of the creative visionaries who experimented with new rotorcraft designs continually pushing the envelope. The book shows the inventions, improvements and advancements of helicopters that were captured on film and have been lost or forgotten for decades. Taken from a private archive of vintage commercial rotorcraft photographs that are seldom seen, forgotten companies like; American Helicopter, Bendix, Brantley, Cessna, Curtis-Wright, and Curtiss-Wright, de Bothezat, Domain, Firestone, Helicopter Engineering, Mc Culloch, Marquardt and Roteron reappear. Many other better known companies are included, including companies like: Boeing, Sikorsky, Hiller, Piasecki, Kaman and Kellett. Author John Cilio leads readers through the chronological development of the helicopter, including the autogiro with vintage photographs. Each photograph is accompanied by informative narrative about the people and the helicopter often provided from the original press release. He closes the book paying tribute to Vietnam s Huey pilots with a poem, The Huey Pilot, by , I. S. "Bob" Parrish and photos of the Huey and Cobra.
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About the Author
About the Author: John is a skilled aviation historian focused on mid twentieth-century general aviation, military aircraft and the people that made them possible. He has published over 200 aviation articles and five vintage aviation books. He is a member of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association), EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) and a member of the Danbury, Connecticut WWII Lost Squadron Veterans organization. John is an American Marketing Association Silver Effie winner and has spoken to large and small audiences in over 60 countries around the world. He lives in Sherman, Connecticut.
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Helicopter Evolution: A Collection of Vintage Rotorcraft Photographs
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Vintage Flyer Media LLC, 2011
ISBN 10: 0982772823
ISBN 13: 9780982772829
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Paperback
First Edition
Seller: BOOK2BUY, Lynbrook, NY, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback - clean, no marks, clean inside, - from a private collection - Helicopter Evolution shares vintage images, 1907 thru 1974, of the creative visionaries who experimented with new rotorcraft designs continually pushing the envelope. The book shows the inventions, improvements and advancements of helicopters that were captured on film and have been lost or forgotten for decades. Taken from a private archive of vintage commercial rotorcraft photographs that are seldom seen, forgotten companies like; American Helicopter, Bendix, Brantley, Cessna, Curtis-Wright, and Curtiss-Wright, de Bothezat, Domain, Firestone, Helicopter Engineering, Mc Culloch, Marquardt and Roteron reappear. Many other better known companies are included, including companies like: Boeing, Sikorsky, Hiller, Piasecki, Kaman and Kellett. Author John Cilio leads readers through the chronological development of the helicopter, including the autogiro with vintage photographs. Each photograph is accompanied by informative narrative about the people and the helicopter often provided from the original press release. He closes the book paying tribute to Vietnam s Huey pilots with a poem, The Huey Pilot, by , I. S. "Bob" Parrish and photos of the Huey and Cobra. Seller Inventory # 38873.240211os