American Military Helicopters and Vertical/Short Landing and Takeoff Aircraft Since 1941

by E R Johnson

Over the past eight decades, developments in vertical lift aircraft--both helicopters and vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) planes--have given the American military unparalleled capabilities on the modern battlefield. The U.S. has led the world in vertical lift technologies with the help of some of the brightest minds in this field--Igor I. Sikorsky, Arthur M. Young, Frank N. Piasecki, Charles H. Kaman and Stanley Hiller, Jr., to name...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677344
• ISBN13: 9781476677347
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up