Whyte, Greg.
Fatal traps for helicopter pilots / Greg Whyte. - New York : McGraw Hill, c2007. - 395 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic flight principles -- Vortex ring state -- Recirculation -- Ground resonance -- Retreating blade stall -- Dynamic rollover -- Overpitching -- Main rotor strikes -- Mid-air collisions -- Mast bumping -- Engine failures -- Tail rotor failures -- Mechanical failures -- Fuel -- Fire -- Ditching -- Loading issues -- Winching -- Weather -- Crew and pre-flight hazards -- Human factors -- Training mishaps.
0071488308 9780071488303
2007273163
Aircraft accidents.
Helicopters--Accidents.
TL553.5 / .W52 2007
629.132/5252
Fatal traps for helicopter pilots / Greg Whyte. - New York : McGraw Hill, c2007. - 395 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic flight principles -- Vortex ring state -- Recirculation -- Ground resonance -- Retreating blade stall -- Dynamic rollover -- Overpitching -- Main rotor strikes -- Mid-air collisions -- Mast bumping -- Engine failures -- Tail rotor failures -- Mechanical failures -- Fuel -- Fire -- Ditching -- Loading issues -- Winching -- Weather -- Crew and pre-flight hazards -- Human factors -- Training mishaps.
0071488308 9780071488303
2007273163
Aircraft accidents.
Helicopters--Accidents.
TL553.5 / .W52 2007
629.132/5252