There is also an excellent interview and article about Ted in the current issue of Rotor magazine.
A very fitting tribute to a man that played a very important role in the development of modern helicopters as we know them.
HAI Releases Ted Dumont: Rotorcraft Pioneer Booklet Posted on Thursday, February 23 @ 08:59:57 Eastern Standard Time By News Staff
Alexandria, Va., February 23, 2006 – Helicopter Association International is proud to announce the release of Ted Dumont: Rotorcraft Pioneer. This 12-page booklet is illustrated and contains both color and black and white photos. It is part of the HAI Heritage Series and will debut at HELI-EXPO 2006, February 26-28, in Dallas, Texas. A limited number of copies will be available at HAI’s HELI-EXPO booth (#1801).
The booklet chronicles the late Theodore E. “Ted” Dumont’s career as a pioneer who helped develop rules and regulations for the fledging civil helicopter industry. The publication begins at the start of Ted’s career in the mid-1940s, and follows his accomplishments to the present. Ted Dumont graduated with an aeronautical engineering degree during World War II, and for the remainder of the war, he worked for the U.S. Army Air Force, and for the Civil Aeronautic Administration, precursor to the Federal Aviation Administration. Ted was recalled to military service for the Korean War, but was posted to the Sikorsky plant, where he was responsible for accepting helicopters for the Air Force. After the war, Ted went to work for Sikorsky, where he stayed until he retired in 1985. During his 30-year long career at Sikorsky, Ted took part in certificating several helicopters, including among others, the S-58, S-58T, S-61, and S-64E.
Ted was Special Advisor Emeritus to HAI’s Board of Directors, and helped found the HAI Regulations Committee. Ted worked tirelessly, long after his formal retirement, for the benefit of the civil helicopter industry, and HAI. Anyone interested in obtaining a free copy of Ted Dumont: Rotorcraft Pioneer, can contact the HAI gift shop:
[email protected], or call 703-683-4646.