books

[lmlanphere]

good book

if any of you 200 hour pilots with a lot of time on your hands are looking for a good read, I'd recommend Shawn Coyle's "The Art and Science of Flying Helicopters". Just got it for X-mas and it has good stuff I haven't seen before. good basic stuff too.

[212man]

I'd second that; I've had my copy for 3 years and still regularly refer to it. He said he was going to write a 'sequal' bu I haven't seen it yet. He certainly found a gap in the market though.

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Another day in paradise

[SPS]

Always interested in another book....
Any idea where it originates so I can track a copy down?

[PurplePitot]

Don't worry about any of that flying stuff - Buy 'Chickenhawk' it's almost required reading...........

[212man]

Yep, that's true too. The other book can be found via the Transair (transair.co.uk) or Sporties (spelling?) sites. Price about £30.

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Another day in paradise

[The Nr Fairy]

The Art and Science of Flying Helicopters, Shawn Coyle, published by Iowa State University Press, ISBN 0-8138-2169-X


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I got bored with "WhoNeedsRunways"

[whatsarunway]

yes an excellent book , you dont even need 200 hours , i got norman baileys book when i started training and found it to bee too in complicated but the art and science is an excellent book , highly reccomended.

[SPS]

Done 'Chickenhawk', and several others !

Thanks for the info.

[SPS]

.......and nearly done the 200 Hrs

(this month, but Xmas got in the way!)

[discobeast]

good helo books

what good helo books are out there and what makes them so good? I think almost everybody read chickenhawk. Bob mason is an extraordinary guy. Even had the time to return my email I send him. I just read Centaur Flights by Richard Spalding. also good reading.

Any other good books you know about?

[blave]

One of my favorites is "Low Level Hell" by Hugh Mills - the story of a Loach pilot in Vietnam. Great stuff - including the story of his bud (Willis?) that crashed three OH-6s in a single day, during a particularly nasty firefight.

There are others; I sorta collect these type of books... I have another one called "Apache Sunrise" which is similar to Centaur Flights... And my next helo book purchase will probably be "Tales of a Helicopter Pilot", which is a reasonably recent book.

Dave Blevins
San Jose, CA

[Buitenzorg]

Two books I highly recommend are:

“CW2” by Layne Heath;
“Maverick” by Dennis Marvicsin

Both have been written very well indeed, in other words the writers are great storytellers besides having great stories to tell. Some other books that haven’t been mentioned yet:

“Let a Soldier Die” by William Holland;
“Firebirds” by Chuck Carlock;
“The Price of Exit” by Tom Marshall.

Does anyone know of any good books about other helicopter operations besides Viet Nam? Some of the stories I’ve heard about deer recovery in New Zealand for instance fall firmly in the “you gotta be sh****ng me” category; but they’ve all been confirmed by several sources.

[The Claw]

Two good books are;

Chopper Pilot - Monster Wilkins
The Chopper Boys - Al J Venter

[discobeast]

i found that there are some amazing short stories @ the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association website.

it's well worth going there and having a look.