Apache Helicopter Pilots

by Antony Loveless

These army pilots fly the most demanding helicopter in existence, a machine so complex to operate that it's known as 'Riding the Dragon'. Only 3% of existing army helicopter pilots qualify to fly it. Trainees have to learn to train their eyes to work independently of each other - while the right eye sees flight and weapons information in the helmet's monocle, the left eye is free to look outside the aircraft and scan for threats and other obstacles...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778750981
• ISBN13: 9780778750987
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6