Black Hawk: The Story of a World Class Helicopter.Black Hawk Black Hawk (born 1767, Sauk Sautenuk, Va.—died Oct. 3, 1838, village on the Des Moines River, Iowa, U.S.) Sauk Indian leader. Long antagonistic to whites, Black Hawk was driven into Iowa from Illinois in 1831. : The Story of a World Class Helicopter, by Ray D. Leoni Leoni can refer to:
abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 978-1-56347-918-2, Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of four earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the (AIAA AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. AIAA Associate Insurance Agency Administration (LOMA insurance program) AIAA Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. ), August 2007, $44.95, 200 pp. Written by the man who holds the design patent for the Black Hawk, Ray Leoni explains how Sikorsky used innovative designs with the right advanced technologies to meet the Army's stringent specifications for aircraft performance, survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. , and reliability. With its creative Black Hawk design, Sikorsky won an uphill, highly contested battle for one of the world's largest helicopter programs, reestablishing the company as a leader in the world community of helicopter producers. Black Hawk variants have been put in service by every branch of the US Military and by more than 24 countries around the world, accumulating more than 5 million flight hours. Through its combat service in the campaigns of Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the Black Hawk has demonstrated unprecedented mission versatility and survivability and proven itself to be an outstanding war-fighting machine that will serve for a half century or longer. In the best tradition and vision of Igor Sikorsky, Black Hawks are performing worldwide rescue and humanitarian missions saving countless lives and providing relief from natural and man-made disasters man-made disaster Technological disaster Public health An event in which a significant number of people are injured or die as a result of human devices or activities, unrelated to conflicts, and attributed to operator error–eg, Exxon Valdez to thousands of people across the globe. The book details the Army's competitive selection process that resulted in a seven-month fly-off evaluation among prototypes from Boeing Vertol and Sikorsky. During this critical evaluation, a nighttime crash occurred on one of Sikorsky's three prototypes with 14 Army personnel aboard. This book shows the cause and results of that crash and describes how its consequences actually strengthened Sikorsky's competitive position. It also describes in considerable technical detail the problems encountered by Sikorsky during prototype development in vibration, speed performance, maneuverability, and handling qualities and how they were solved in time for the production award. Many of the key people responsible for the success of the Black Hawk program are identified throughout this book. (Provided by the publisher.) Dr. Kent N. Gourdin |
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