Aviation History and Helicopter Development: Charles L. Morris Pioneering the Helicopter, 1945 First Edition Signed

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Morris, Charles Lester. Pioneering the Helicopter. 1945. Documents early American helicopter engineering and flight testing during World War II, written by Sikorsky Aircraft's chief test pilot and grounded in firsthand technical and operational experience. The work supports research into wartime aviation innovation, the development of rotary-wing aircraft, and the role of test pilots in advancing experimental flight technologies under military pressure. Morris details the transition of helicopters from experimental machines into functional aircraft, drawing on his direct involvement with the VS-300 program and his collaboration with Igor Sikorsky, whose design work established the single-rotor configuration that would dominate modern helicopter engineering. Morris, Charles Lester. Pioneering the Helicopter. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1945. Signed by the author on half-title page. First edition. The volume includes black-and-white photographic illustrations depicting early helicopter prototypes, test flights, and mechanical configurations. Content addresses specific flight trials, stability challenges, control mechanisms, and pilot technique, alongside explanations intended to clarify public misunderstanding of helicopter capabilities. Morris recounts test operations of the VS-300, including hovering, vertical ascent, and controlled directional flight, with attention to mechanical failures, iterative design modifications, and pilot adaptation. The narrative integrates technical explanation with operational anecdote, offering insight into both engineering constraints and cockpit-level experience during early rotorcraft experimentation. Single volume; pagination not stated. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Original binding in publisher's dust jacket. 8vo. Jacket heavily chipped along upper edges and spine ends; front panel with approximately 4 x 1 inch loss at upper right corner; rear panel missing substantial triangular section at base; spine with significant chipping at head and foot. Boards with light wear at extremities and bumped spine ends. Light foxing to inner pages, otherwise clean and complete. Overall very good in fair dust jacket. Signed first edition authored by a principal test pilot directly involved in the development of early American helicopters, issued at the conclusion of World War II when rotary-wing aircraft were entering practical military and civilian use.…

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Aviation History and Helicopter Development: Charles L. Morris Pioneering the Helicopter, 1945 First Edition Signed
Auteur
Charles Lester Morris
Année de publication
1945
Jaquette
dj
Signé
Signed
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Édition
First Edition.
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Military & War, Science, Medicine & Technology, Space & Aviation

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