Hello, everyone - by way of quick introduction, my name is Jonnie and I'm a former RAF helicopter pilot - hence the handle! I'm digging in to some...
If you have Amazon Prime, I thought this was rather good. Personal recollections of US Helicopter pilots in Vietnam:...
Hello, I read on Twitter that there had been a plan to use helicopters as air OPs in NWE but American development stalled or was botched. Is...
Researching my new book on MI(R) I came across reference to a shelved 1940 Helicopter project. Made by Weir's it was a five seater machine...
I was in the 539th Transportation Company from June 1969 to June 1970; I was stationed at Phu Loi Vietnam which is located 25 miles north of...
A bit of trivia for you... Something my father mentioned in his memoirs, "If only helicopters had been invented..." this was in a section where he...
I was wondering if anyone had heard anything about this or could validate this POW report? As ever with me, a visit to the archives always...
[IMG] The picture was taken in Schwednitz/Silesia in October 1944. Flettner Fl 282 reconnaissance helicopter The Flettner Fl 282 was the...
[IMG] Found this interesting piece while browsing through my blog roll this morning, apparently this is based of a similar concept from the 30s...
I came across a reference to a WW2 German firm called Nager-Rolz, who manufactured a portable helicopter. It had two rotor blades driven by 8hp...
ive just been trying to find out if, were, when, why helicopters were rarely used in WWII they were produced not on a mass scale but...
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