Rotary-wing Flying – ’The Choppers must be in the air’
2013. augusztus 23. 16:09In 1783, man successfully took to the air for the first time by hot-air-balloon. After the eras of ballooning and gliding, the age of powered flight started in 1903. The advent of helicopters opened up new vistas. Thanks to their vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capability, they can fly liaison and casualty evacuation missions to sites where there are no aerodromes. The first two Mi–4 helicopters arrived in Hungary in 1955. The Mi–24 helicopters entered service with the armed forces in April 1985, and the Mi–17s – the upgraded version of the Mi–8s – in February 1988. The rotary-wing aircraft have become indispensable elements of modern warfare, as they have great maneuverability and can be used to insert and extract airborne/air assault forces and assets.
Mi–24 is capable of detecting discrete radiation sources and
reconnoitering contaminated areas. In many cases, our military
helicopters are the last chance in rescue operations during disaster
situations, floods, firefighting, industrial, traffic and natural
disasters. One of their main tasks is to recover aircraft in distress
and to rescue the survivors.
Our troops on international peace
support operations can also count on our rotary-wing aircraft, which
supported the bridge reconstruction work of the Hungarian Engineer
Contingent during the IFOR/SFOR operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Our
rotary-wing airmen – the members of the Air Mentor Team and the Air
Advisory Team deployed with ISAF – are active participants in generating
the capabilities of the Afghan Air Force during the NATO-led operations
in Afghanistan.
| Year of publish: | 2013 | |
| Language: | English/Hungaraian | |
| Number of pages: | 214 pages with several hundreds of pictures | |
| Size: | 242×280 mm | |
| Binding: | paperback | |
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| ISBN: | 978 963 327 585 6 | |
| Price: | 2 USD + delivery fee | |
| Stock: | You can buy the book directly from the publisher: Postal address: 1087 Hungary, Budapest, Kerepesi út 29/b, Fax: 06-1-459-5382, Points of contact: Edina Győr: +36-30-578-1048, [email protected]; Cynthia Bartha: +36-30-633-0619, [email protected] |
