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Know Your Helicopters - Thomas Hargreave
Know Your Helicopters
Thomas Hargreave
Contents
Title Page
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Glossary
A129 Mangusta
AW119 Koala
AW101 (EH101)
Eurocopter Tiger
Cobra AH-1/AH-1W/AH-1Z
AW169
CH-47 Chinook
Rooivalk CSH2
KMAX series
SH-2 Seasprite
KA50/52 Hokum
KA-27 Helix
BK-117
Mi-28 Havoc
Mi-26
X3 (EC155)
AW609 TiltRotor
Sikorsky S-300
Westland WS-61 Sea King series
MBB BO105
SA330 Puma
UH1 Iroquois series
AW139
EC(H)145
Dauphin
MD900 series
Gazelle SA 340–342
A109 series
EC135/H135
AS355 series ‘Squirrel’
V-22 Osprey
Jet Ranger 206/306B
Bell 212 Twin Huey
Apache AH-64D
S-64 series
Hughes/MD500 series
Mi-24, 25 and 35 series
Mi8
Robinson R22
CH53/CH53E/MH53 – Jolly Green Giant
Sikorsky UH60 series
Sikorsky S76 series
Lynx Mk 7
SE3130 Alouette II
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Introduction
Like any right thinking person I was always fascinated by helicopters – these unlikely-looking machines that can move in any direction and even hover whilst thumping the air into submission. There was also the mystique which surrounded the pilots and the apparently Zen-like skill required to coax one of these machines off the ground. I would later learn there was no ‘Zen’, just long hours of training and concentration required. I also learnt that coaxing the thing back onto the ground mattered a great deal more than getting it off the ground. Flying one of these machines was always beyond my life’s ambitions until I joined the Territorial Army as a 16-year-old soldier. Whilst sweating my way up a hill on Otterburn Training Area, pondering the wisdom of my choice to be a soldier, I noticed a Gazelle helicopter parked on a small knoll on the side of the impossibly steep hill I was trying to climb, its canopy glinting in the sunshine. More importantly, beside this splendid machine, reclined in the grass, sunglasses on, apparently snoozing were two Army Air Corps pilots. I think this sort of event is referred to as a light bulb moment! Years later, I found myself in a Gazelle hovering solo for the first time; this remains the most memorable and extraordinary moment in my career. I have been lucky enough to fly some amazing machines since and have been involved in significant military events but I can assure you that the freedom of taking off and sitting in a 5 foot hover remains the most magical part of flying.
The prompt for writing this book came to me whilst leafing through some essential reading, ‘Know Your Tractors’ and it occurred to me that there was a gap in the ‘Know Your’ series that I was well-placed to fill. I have selected helicopters which are all still very much in service and ones you are likely to see around the world rather than historic machines. If you think some are missing, do please let me know.
I hope that this book informs you and possibly inspires you