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Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political
hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of
secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible
for major technological leaps often become household names. An
exception is Howard Hughes s pioneering helicopter company, Hughes
Helicopters, a name that has fallen into oblivion. Yet most
schoolboys in the world have heard of the company s prize-winning
product: the Apache helicopter. Hughes popularized the light
helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine powered light
observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotor craft
propulsion research and, finally, developed the world s most
advanced attack helicopter that was purchased and saw service with
the UK. Here s how some of the world s most innovative helicopters
were developed. Covering the period from the Second World War until
the mid-1980s, you will learn why Hughes military aircraft
contracts came under close scrutiny by the US government. The story
is rich with tales of technological breakthrough and test-flying
bravado made possible by a small crew of engineers and daring
pilots. Written by a technical expert and insider to the industry,
Howard s Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes Amazing Pioneering Helicopter
Exploits is a fascinating and alternative view on the phenomenal
pioneer with unpublished photographs and material that will
fascinate the aviation and military historian as well as the casual
reader and cinema buff."
Examines the politics of Islam and the state in Indonesia over
recent decades, during which time there has been a notable
resurgence of Islamic political movements.
Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political
hound dog, has always fascinated the public with his mixture of
secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Companies responsible
for major technological leaps often become household names. An
exception is Howard Hughes's pioneering helicopter company, Hughes
Helicopters, a name that has fallen into oblivion. Yet most
schoolboys in the world have heard of the company's prize-winning
product: the Apache helicopter. Hughes popularised the light
helicopter trainer, mass-produced the first turbine-powered light
observation helicopter, led the way in hot cycle rotorcraft
propulsion research and, finally, developed the world's most
advanced attack helicopter that was purchased and saw service with
the UK. Here's how some of the world's most innovative helicopters
were developed. Covering the period from the Second World War until
the mid-1980s, you will learn why Hughes military aircraft
contracts came under close scrutiny by the US government. The story
is rich with tales of technological breakthrough and test-flying
bravado made possible by a small crew of engineers and daring
pilots. Written by a technical expert and insider to the industry,
Howard's Whirlybirds: Howard Hughes' Amazing Pioneering Helicopter
Exploits is a fascinating and alternative view on the phenomenal
pioneer with unpublished photographs and material that will
fascinate the aviation and military historian as well as the casual
reader and cinema buff.
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
A former aircraft engineer exposes the dangerous breakdown in
airline safety due to lapses in maintenance and quality control.
This book chronicles maintenance-related accidents caused by
individual, corporate, or governmental negligence and brings the
industry's current state of affairs into sharp focus. The author, a
former aviation engineer, examines how failures of the smallest of
parts have brought down airliners, explaining sometimes esoteric
mechanical issues for readers with no technical background. Vividly
describing the terror of accidents and close calls, the author then
follows the painstaking investigations to determine causes. He
focuses on maintenance errors, which rank as one of the top three
causes of airline accidents, and points to the factors that have
led to an alarming situation-- continued reduction of licensed
mechanics, the shutting down of maintenance bases in the United
States, and the outsourcing of maintenance to lowballing
contractors. Outsourcing has forced thousands of licensed mechanics
into retirement or different careers. For those mechanics still
employed in the United States, the ever-present threat to their
jobs does nothing to cultivate loyalty to an employer and devotion
to a task. The Federal Aviation Administration, which should be
overseeing quality control, is caught in a conflicted dual
role--charged with regulating safety on the one hand and assuring
the fiscal stability of airlines on the other. This disturbing
wakeup call for improved airline safety standards highlights the
critical importance of attention to detail. Porter recommends that
the numbers and job security of airline mechanics be increased and
that they be vested with an authority level akin to medical
professionals.
The poor boy raised on a bankrupt farm along the western shore of
the Mississippi would become the owner of the Fortune 500 aerospace
empire, Gulfstream Aerospace. It was a convoluted journey for this
visionary tycoon of modern aviation, and the contradictions were
many: Allen E. Paulson was ambitious and reticent, generous and
frugal, confident and dogged by self-doubt. His lifelong interest
in flying began as an airplane mechanic, later a record-setting
pilot and an innovator in the development of business jets. His
friends included U.S. presidents, Hollywood celebrities and famous
aviators. He lost one son to a flying accident and almost lost
another to a kidnapping, until he son shot the would-be kidnapper
dead. Paulson toasted and tangled with the likes of business titans
Lee Iacocca and Teddy Fortsmann-until he was forced out of his
company and life took another direction. Paulson played by the
rules and took each success and setback in stride, always with a
keen ethical sense and an eternal entrepreneurial spirit.
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