Helicopter Books

[TP_Express]

Looking to gain some knowledge on Helicopter Flying any suggestions ?

 

[WildcatPilot]

The FAA's Rotorcraft Flying Handbook is really good.

 

[PA44-LUV]

I especialy enjoyed Learning to Fly Helicopters Not as indepth on some of the finer theoretical & technical aspects on helicopter flying, but written conversational style and straightforward.

If you're into math and the physics of flying helo's, ASA's Principles of Helicopter Flight is good too.

 

[scottyboy75]

The Jeppesen book is really good and a lot of schools use it as their curriculum. The section on preflight is pretty much all Schweizer based but over all a good text.
Shane

 

[MikeD]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

 

[scottyboy75]

I read Fatal Traps at least once a year. It still makes me chuckle to read about the accident where someone had a cargo hook on an R22 doing venison recovery.
Shane

 

[Low_Level_Hell]

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

:rawk:

Read that book on a deployment, while OIF wasn't as nearly as bad or intense as Vietnam, it was uncanny how much I could relate to Mason's experience.

Also Low Level Hell by Hugh Mills. Thanks to this guy I'm not furloughed and 60k in debt. He owes me a couple pairs of underwear though.

 

[jdlilfan]

For non-instructional I would also recommend Nightstalkers and In the Company of Heros, both by Michael Durant. Also To the Limit by Tom A. Johnson.

 

[WannaStayAHooker]

I read parts of "The Art and Science of Flying Helicopters" prior to taking the AFAST a few years ago. I went to find it a couple days ago (now that I am in flight school) only to realize that a USED copy of it (as it is out of print) runs $80-$90. Ouch. Same author wrote an updated version from what I've learned. It is called "Cyclic and Collective" I think I'll be checking that one out. The Durant books are great!

 

[deadstick]

Also Low Level Hell by Hugh Mills. Thanks to this guy I'm not furloughed and 60k in debt. He owes me a couple pairs of underwear though.

I thought you mentioned this book in a more recent thread, but I didn’t see it. Anyhow, my family and I stopped in Half Price Books to browse around an lookie what I found...

I bought a paperback at Rucker, but I’ve never seen a hard cover edition. They actually had two copies (even more amazing), but the other was almost full price because it was in great condition.

So what’s the JC necro-post record?

 

[Lawman]

Snake Driver starts very good. The back half is a little bit of personal bitching, but still a good book of the Vietnam experience.

 

[Low_Level_Hell]

I thought you mentioned this book in a more recent thread, but I didn’t see it. Anyhow, my family and I stopped in Half Price Books to browse around an lookie what I found...
I bought a paperback at Rucker, but I’ve never seen a hard cover edition. They actually had two copies (even more amazing), but the other was almost full price because it was in great condition.

So what’s the JC necro-post record?

Impressive find on the books and post. Going back to 2009 my initial flight ADSO was done and I wish someone told me to get out and finally pursue my dreams of becoming an airline pilot.