Series in Helicopters
Books in Helicopters
Helicopter Pilot(As: W.E. Butterworth)
At the Park Avenue offices of Collier, Richards & Company, an advertising firm, Tony Fletcher was known as a boy wonder. Only twenty-two, Tony was the youngest account executive in the firm and was already in charge of two of its most important accounts — Corey Tires and the Blackman Boatworks. Because of these two accounts, Tony had a sports car that was partially subsidized by the company and unlimited use of two luxury power boats moored in a New York marina. All this, an apartment in New York City, a beautiful girl friend — Collier, Richards employees had good reason to think Tony had been born under the sign of Lady Luck. Some of them didn't even know that Tony, a qualified truck driver and a heavy-equipment operator, was also a paid-up member of the Teamster's Union. Further, he had a Phi Beta Kappa key to prove that under the brawn there were indeed, brains. Tony was more than a little pleased with himself, although at times he was sure he would rather go back to driving trucks for a living. He felt he could be happy in New York for years to come — until the day he received his inevitable Greetings from the President and an invitation to report for a preinduction physical. It was no time at all before Tony found himself in basic training at Fort Dix, with the question before him: what was he to do in the Army? Tony would have preferred to drive a truck, but the Army worked in strange ways, and he suddenly found himself a Warrant Officer Candidate Aviator student — of all things. He was going to learn to fly a helicopter. Life as a "chopper" pilot was at times dangerous and at times exciting, but in the end Tony knew he would have had it no other way.
How The Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare
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.