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Helicopters—people and places

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

I. C. Cheeseman
I. C. Cheeseman*
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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The need to provide members of a population with acceptable standards was clearly recognised by Juan de la Cierva. In a paper published in the Cambridge University Engineering and Aeronautical Society's Journal of 1934 under the title “Rotary Wing Aircraft”, he discusses the relative merits of autogyros, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. It is interesting to note that his section headings include efficiency, utilisation, piloting, safety, simplicity and comfort, which show that he was well aware of the human and economic factors as well as the aerodynamic and structural developments for which he is rightly remembered. I have little doubt that if Cierva were to lecture today on choice, he would review not only the topics listed above for the occupants of the rotary winged aircraft but also he would examine the environmental advantages and possible difficulties which the use of such aircraft can confer today and in the immediate future. This lecture, which it is an honour to be invited to give, is an attempt to perform such an exercise.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 78 , Issue 764 , August 1974 , pp. 363 - 374
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1974 

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