Early VTOL Aircraft (before 1967)

by Dennis Hawkes

Overview

Early vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is the subject of this free ebook. Written in 1967 it has been produced in its present electronic form by its author Professor Hawkes in the hope that it will inform and stimulate interest in this exciting topic. The chapters include ones on the autogyro and the true helicopter, the earliest developments and the current (in 1967) developments. Some fixed wing VTOL aircraft that had been developed and flown by then are also considered. Finally some predictions about the future as seen in 1967 are given, some of which came to into being while others failed to develop. The original document was written before the use of computers and now the Internet would provide all of this information very easily but it was thought useful to reproduce the original as a free ebook for the modern reader.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046020540
Publisher:	Dennis Hawkes
Publication date:	06/17/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	514,935
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Emeritus Professors Dennis and Freda Hawkes live in Wales, UK and have lectured and jointly led a research team at a university until retirement. They are members of an evangelical church where Dennis was a church leader until retiring and have taught the bible for many years, mostly to students and young professionals. Their experience has led them to offer these resources to help other people to start to read and understand the bible.