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    Flying Historic Helicopters
    Flying Historic Helicopters
    Flying Historic Helicopters
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    Flying Historic Helicopters

    By Helen Krasner

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    This is the third collection of flying instructor Helen Krasner's flight test articles, which were originally published in 'Today's Pilot' and some other aviation magazines. This book looks at six helicopters of historic interest which are rarely seen and flown even less often by the average helicopter pilot. Included are the Alouette II, Alouette III, Gazelle, Hiller, Westland Wasp, and Hughes 269A.

    Each helicopter is described in detail, with an account of Helen's personal experiences of what it is like to fly it for the first time. It is thus much more than a theoretical textbook account. There is also a section on the history of each of the types, and detailed specifications. A photo of each helicopter is included.

    This book is aimed at anyone interested in helicopter flying, whether they already fly helicopters for fun or a career, hope to in the future, fly models, or simply find rotary aircraft fascinating. It would also make an excellent gift for any rotary enthusiast. It contains a great deal of detail, and is over 20,000 words in length.

    The first and second books in this series, 'Flying Small Helicopters' and 'Flying Popular Helicopters', are already published. The last book will cover 'Unusual Helicopters' and is due out very soon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHelen Krasner
    Release dateAug 13, 2013
    ISBN9781301817283
    Flying Historic Helicopters
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    Helen Krasner

    Helen Krasner worked as a helicopter instructor for several years, instructing for various flying schools on Robinson R22s and R44s. She has also flown a large number of other helicopter types, held a private pilot's licence for aeroplanes, and has had a go at flying microlights, gliders, and balloons. Helen has been writing professionally for many years and contributes regularly to a number of aviation publications. She was nominated for an Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in 2004, for an article about flying helicopters in Russia. She has also had several books published, both print and ebooks, mainly – though not exclusively – on aviation related topics. She is also a former Newsletter Editor for the BWPA (British Women Pilots' Association). You can find out more about Helen, including details of all of her books, on her website, helenkrasner.com.com.

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      Flying Historic Helicopters - Helen Krasner

      Flying Historic Helicopters

      (Collected Rotary Flight Test Articles, 2004 – 2011, Vol III)

      By Helen Krasner

      Published by Helen Krasner at Smashwords

      Copyright Helen Krasner 2012

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author.

      Preface

      In 2004, Helen Krasner was invited by the Editor of the magazine Today’s Pilot to fly some different helicopter types and write flight test articles about them for regular publication. The first was on the Schweizer 300CBi, and is included in the first book in this series, Flying Small Helicopters. It was well received, and this was the beginning of a series of features on different helicopters over the next few years. Each described a different helicopter in some detail and explained what it was like to fly it, with a short section on the history of the helicopter and other relevant details. The articles continued until 2011, when the magazine was incorporated into Pilot magazine. Helen carried on writing for that publication, and still does so to date.

      This means that she has now flown and written about around 30 different types of helicopter, from small training machines to large corporate aircraft, from old civilian machines to modern military helicopters. This gives her an almost unique overview of the different types of rotary machine. She has now decided to publish these articles in book form, as a series of four.

      The first book looked at eight of the smaller helicopters, generally those on which most people learn to fly or which they might buy as a first helicopter after completing the PPL(H) course. Each type was described in detail (around 3,000 words); then Helen explained what it feels like to fly it for the first time. Finally there was a short history of most of the types, and detailed specifications. A photo of each helicopter was included wherever possible.

      The second book examined some of the more popular and well known helicopters, such as those commonly used for passenger flights, by private owners, and by the police and other organizations. The format was the same as in the first book: again, the details of the helicopter were given, then a short history, and photos were generally included.

      This third book covers what could generally be described as ‘historic helicopters’, ie, those which are old and interesting. In many cases there are few of them around any more; this is true of the Alouette II, Alouette III, and Hiller UH-12. Others, such as the Hughes 269A, are older versions of helicopters which are still around. The remainder – the Gazelle 341G and Westland Wasp, are simply not seen that often, and not that many people get a chance to fly them.

      The fourth book will be about ‘more unusual helicopters’ and is due out soon. However, it should be noted that all these divisions are quite loose, even arbitrary, since some helicopters could fit easily into two or more categories. But there had to be some way to split them up, and this seemed to be the best.

      Helen has been flying for many years, and holds a Commercial Helicopter Pilot's Licence and Instructor's Rating.  She also has a Private Pilot’s Licence for Aeroplanes, and well over 1000 hours flying time in total.  Until recently she worked as a freelance helicopter instructor, flying mainly R22s and R44s.

      Helen writes about helicopters and other aviation-related subjects for a number of publications and websites, and she is also a former Newsletter Editor for the BWPA (British Women Pilots’ Association). She was nominated for one of the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in 2004, for an article about Flying Helicopters in Russia. She has published two print books about helicopter flying – The Helicopter Pilot’s Companion (Crowood Press 2008), and Flying Helicopters: A Companion to the PPL(H) (Crowood Press 2011). In addition she has compiled four books for the Kindle, comprised of her regular articles which have been published monthly since 2006 in Flight Training News. Finally, Helen has also written and published a book about a five thousand mile walk around Britain which she undertook some years ago (Midges, Maps, and Muesli). All of these books, both print and digital, are available on Amazon. Signed copies of the print books are sometimes available from Helen; email her for information

      If you enjoy this book, take a look at Helen’s other books, look out for the others in this series, and feel free to contact Helen at helenkrasner2@gmail.com.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One: Hiller UH-12E4

      Chapter Two: Eurocopter SE-3130 Alouette II

      Chapter Three: Gazelle SA-341G

      Chapter Four: Westland Wasp HAS.1

      Chapter Five: Aerospatiale Alouette III 316B

      Chapter Six: Hughes 269A

      Chapter One: Hiller UH-12E4

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      Rob Hields’ Hiller UH-12E4 helicopter is unique. It is the only one of its type flying in this country, and one of only a very few worldwide. In addition this particular aircraft is well known for its film appearances and famous passengers. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were photographed in it for the film ‘The VIPs’ in 1963, and in the James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’, Honor Blackman played a pilot who flew the villain into Fort Knox in this same Hiller.

      Shipped into the UK as a fairly new aircraft in 1960, G-ASAZ was at one point based in Jersey. Apart from the film roles, what happened to the helicopter in the intervening years is lost in history, but Rob Hields, owner of Hields Aviation at Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield in Yorkshire, first heard about the Hiller in 1999. At the time he was looking for a helicopter which could be used to do pleasure flights at the Elvington Aviation Museum in Yorkshire, which had no runway and therefore no aircraft flying, but had space for a helicopter. He was hoping to get hold of an old Bell 47, but… "Then I heard about this Hiller. But it was all in bits; it had been in

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