Search the books
4 books mention ‘Helicopter’.
The history of the helicopter from earliest times to 1960 includes Cierva, Focke Achgelis, Sikorsky, Weir etc.
Helicopter History · 219 pages · 15 September 2014£12.89From Spitfires to Airships, Kangaroos to Moths, Autogiros to Helicopters.
Scottish Aviation History · 344 pages · 21 February 2020 · Volume 2 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89This is followed by the Denny Mumford Helicopter, the formation of the Scottish Aeronautical Society and the Ashton Lane murder, the Exhibition at Kelvingrove…
Scottish Aviation History · 372 pages · 8 October 2018 · Volume 1 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89Morris developed the British helicopter with Weir and Cierva including the Flying Jeep and the single-seat rotorcraft called the Rotachute.
Industrial History · 200 pages · 15 August 2013£12.89
Historical articles (5)
- Renfrew, 602 Squadron and Scotland's Early Helicopters, 1919-1939
A guide to Clydeside aviation between the wars: Renfrew airlines, 602 Squadron, Weir helicopter work, Abbotsinch and 1939 production.
- From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development
Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford helicopter and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.
- How Glasgow's Shipyards Built Aircraft in the Great War
Glasgow Clydeside shipyards built aircraft, airships and aero engines in the Great War: Beardmore, Weir, Denny, the R34 and Red Clydeside.
- Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown: Test Pilot, Carrier Landings and the Records That Still Stand
Captain Eric Winkle Brown flew 487 aircraft types and logged 2,407 carrier landings. Inside his records, the first jet deck landing and the steam catapult.
- From the Queen Mary to the Mosquito and Bouncing Bomb: Morris Furniture of Glasgow, 1914-1975
How H. Morris and Co. of Glasgow furnished the Queen Mary and Royal Yacht Britannia and built Mosquito balsa plywood, Highball casings and rotor blades.