Helicopters and Autogyros of The World

Dust jacket notes:
This comprehensive reference work, an entirely new compilation, is designed to provide a catalogue of the world's helicopters and autogyros past and present. The products of each of twenty-two nations are dealt with, each country being given a separate section, each manufacturer a different sub-section and each machine a detailed entry. In all, some 170 manufacturers and over 425 machines, some still on the drawing board, are included; the technical details of the machines are given in tabular form.
The catalogue is prefaced by an historical survey of the development of these aircraft, from the small 'Chinese top' device developed by Launoy and Bienvenu in 1784 to the first flight of Corm's machine in 1907. A complete list of recognised records and record holders, and official definitions of the various types of helicopter and autogyro are also provided. The work is lavishly illustrated with 64 pages of photographs and drawings.
M. Lambermont is the helicopters editor of the French aeronautical journal Aviation, a frequent contributor to the aeronautical press of the world, and editor of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale monthly bulletin. He flew with the Free French during the war and his book Lorraine Squadron was published in Britain in 1956.


by Paul Lambermont and Anthony Pirie
Published Cassell 1958 1st edition. 255pp index, illustrated. 15x22 ex. lib. R.A.E. Bedford, stamps on front free end paper, title page and last page, otherwise good in torn d/j.







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