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The future of rotorcraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

G. M. Byham*
Affiliation:
Head of Engineering, AgustaWestland Yeovil, UK

Extract

In writing this essay on rotorcraft I have chosen to confine my interests to the flying machines themselves, their development and the pressures that are shaping their future.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2003 

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