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Howard´s Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes´ Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits
Donald J Porter
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Description for Howard´s Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes´ Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits
Paperback. The first book to reveal how movie mogul Howard Hughes' aircraft division emerged from a hobby shop into an empire to be later sold for $490 million Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: HBWS; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names. An exception is Howard Hughes's pioneering helicopter company, Hughes Helicopters, a name that has fallen into oblivion. Yet most schoolboys in the world have heard of the company's prize-winning product: the Apache helicopter. Hughes popularised the light helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine-powered light observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotorcraft propulsion research and, finally, developed the world's most advanced attack helicopter that ... Read more
Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible for major technological leaps often become household names. An exception is Howard Hughes's pioneering helicopter company, Hughes Helicopters, a name that has fallen into oblivion. Yet most schoolboys in the world have heard of the company's prize-winning product: the Apache helicopter. Hughes popularised the light helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine-powered light observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotorcraft propulsion research and, finally, developed the world's most advanced attack helicopter that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554197
SKU
V9781781554197
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Donald J Porter
Donald J. Porter is an established aviation writer previously writing for Tab Books and McGraw Hill. He was previously a technical manager at Hughes Helicopters on the OH-6A and Apache programs during the firm's heyday. Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits is Porter's first book for Fonthill Media.
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