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The Domain of the Helicopter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Raoul Hafner
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When accepting the invitation to present the Seventh Louis Blèriot Memorial lecture, the author was deeply conscious not only of the honour which was bestowed upon him by this invitation but, in an equal measure, of the responsibility which attached to it.

For the first time one of the eminent memorial lectures is devoted to the rotating wing; the helicopter has been raised to the level of discussion of the great aeronautical papers.

The natural impulse of the gentler sex when faced with a great occasion is invariably: “how shall one dress?” To the author, a somewhat similar problem became manifest: how can the helicopter, this new-comer, best be “ dressed?” How should it be presented, so as to make not only a good impression but also a full and, above all, a true impression?

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 526 , October 1954, pp. 663 - 702
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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