


Helicopter Evolution
A Collection of Vintage Rotorcraft Photographs
Helicopter Evolution A Collection of Vintage Rotorcraft Photographs
ISBN: 978-0-9827728-2-9
Helicopter Evolution shares vintage images, 1907 thru 1974, of the rotorcraft and the creative visionaries who experimented with new rotorcraft designs continually pushing the envelope. Featuring a foreword by Nickolai Sikorsky, the book shows the inventions, improvements and advancements of helicopters that were captured on film and have been lost or forgotten for decades.
The book shares a private archive of vintage commercial photographs seldom seen that include all types of rotorcraft photographs including; American Helicopter, Bendix, Brantley, Cessna, Curtis-Wright, and Curtiss-Wright, de Bothezat, Domain, Firestone, Helicopter Engineering, Mc Culloch, Marquardt and Roteron. Many other better known helicopter company are included like: Boeing, Sikorsky, Hiller, Piasecki, Kaman and Kellett. Each photograph is accompanied by informative narrative often provided from the original press release.

Review: Helicopter Evolution A Collection of Vintage Rotorcraft Photographs
"A fascinating book that has given me an entirely new appreciation for the helicopter industry and its pioneers." Elan Head, Editor-in-Chief, Vertical Magazine
