Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact

by Stanley S. McGowen

First envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci and first deployed in World War II, the helicopter is now a universal icon of modern warfare, a key component of combat planning around the world, and one of the military's most versatile and effective tools.

Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers the development of helicopters from a concept in Leonardo daVinci's mind to the first successful machines in the early 1900s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1851094687
• ISBN13: 9781851094684
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.4" x 10.0"