Helicopters an illustrated history of their impact

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 con...

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Main Author: McGowen, Stanley S
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, CA ABC-CLIO 2005
Series:Weapons and warfare series.
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