Helicopters an illustrated history of their impact
Record details
- ISBN: 1851094733 (ebook)
- ISBN: 9781851094738 (ebook)
- ISBN: 6610720223 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9786610720224 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1851094687 (Cloth)
- ISBN: 9781851094684
- ISBN: 1851094687
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 351 p. - Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Early developments, 1900-1939 -- Historical background -- Limited successes -- Autogyros and gyroplanes -- The first successful helicopters in Europe -- Successes in the United States -- World War II, 1939-1945 -- Sikorsky XR-5 and XR-6 -- Frank Nicholas Piasecki -- From military to commercial helicopter -- Stanley Hiller, Jr. -- Charles Kaman -- Korea and the Cold War, 1946-1961 -- Bell helicopters -- Hiller helicopters -- Piasecki helicopter corporation -- The S-55 helicopter -- Westland helicopters -- Nicolai I. Kamov -- French Indochina -- Vietnam, the Middle East, and the face-off in Europe, 1961-1975 -- The United States in Vietnam -- NATO -- The Middle East -- Warsaw Pact -- Technological evolution, 1976-1990 -- NATO combat support helicopters -- Attack helicopters -- Combat service support helicopters -- Warsaw Pact -- Desert Shield/Storm and beyond, 1990-2003 -- Combat support : passenger helicopters -- Combat service support helicopters -- Attack helicopters -- Tilt rotor aircraft -- NOTAR -- Helicopter specifications. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Available to Ohiolink libraries. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Online version of print publication. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO 2005. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Military helicopters Militärhubschrauber |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |