Whirlybirds: A History of the U.S. Helicopter Pioneers

By Jay Spenser

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Study of the lives and work of four Americans--Igor Sikorsky, Frank Piasecki, Arthur Young, and Stanley Hiller, Jr.--who, working independently but concurrently, developed the helicopter in the 1940s. Discusses the confluence of entrepreneurship, corporate practices, and government influence and fi

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0295976993

ISBN13:9780295976990

Release Date:January 1998

Publisher:University of Washington Press

Length:508 Pages

Weight:3.46 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 7.4" x 10.3"

Related Subjects

Aerospace Aviation Helicopters History Military Transportation

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