Piasecki HRP-1/2 "Rescuer" (Expected end of May 2026)
Product code 9798995797906
Piasecki
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Series Naval Fighters Number 126
Publisher/Brand Ginter
Author Tommy Thomason
Format a4
No. Pages 56
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Aviationbooks
Subcategory US » US Helicopters
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The big U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter is the direct descendant of a Navy contract awarded during WW II to a young helicopter pioneer, Frank Piasecki, and his group of part-time engineers to design, build and fly what would be at the time the world’s largest helicopter, the HRP-1 Rescuer. It would also be the first successful tandem-rotor helicopter. His experience?: A tiny single -eat, single-main-rotor helicopter built in a garage from junk and used hardware that he taught himself to fly.
