RECOMMENDED READING

Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots - Greg Whyte

Easy Reading

• Chopper Pilot - Monster Wilkins (EXCERPTS FROM)
• A Mild Form of Insanity : Recollections of a Helicopter Pilot - Mike Tuson
• Bent and Battered Rotors - Wayne Meltza
• Bonnie-Sue : A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam - Marion F. Sturkey
• Centaur Flights - Richard D. Spalding
• Chariots of the Damned : Helicopter Special Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo - Mike McKinney, Mike Ryan
• ChickenHawk - Robert Mason (RECOMMENDED)
• Cleared Hot! : A Marine Combat Pilot's Experience in Vietnam
• Easy Target - Tom Smith
• Firebirds - Chuck Carlock
• Low Level Hell - Hugh L. Mills Jr.
• Snake Driver - Bob Rosenburgh
• Tales of a Helicopter Pilot - Richard C. Kirkland
• The First Helicopter War : Logistics and Mobility in Algieria 1954-1962 - Charles R.Schrader
• Uniform Romeo -A.J. Libby.

Text Books / Reference Books

• Aviation Law for Pilots - T.Palmer, R.B.Underdown
• Basic Helicopter Handbook - FAA
• Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics - J.Seddon
• Choppers : Thunder In The Sky - Robert Genat
• Canadian Helicopter Written Test Guide: Theory of Flight, General Knowledge Section - Andre S. Rossin-Arthiat
• Cyclic and Collective : More Art and Science of Flying Helicopters - Shawn Corwyn Coyle
• Fatal Traps for Helicopter Pilots - Greg Whyte (RECOMMENDED)
• FAR / AIM 2010 - FAA
• Helicopters Before Helicopters - E.K. Liberatore
• Helicopter : Pioneering with Igor Sikorsky - William E. Hunt
• Helicopter Theory - Wayne Johnson
• Learning To Fly Helicopters - R. Randall Padfield, Ralph C. Padfield
• Military Helicopter Design Technology - Raymond W. Prouty
• Military Flight Aptitude Test (4th Edition) - Solomon Weiner, Solomon Wiener, Scott Osrow
• Principles of Helicopter Flight - Walter J. Waqtendonk (RECOMMENDED)
• Rotary Wing Aerodynamics - W.Z.Stepniewski, C.N.Keys
• Rotorcraft Flying Handbook - FAA Staff
• Whirlybirds - Jay P. Spenser
• The Helicopter Pilot's Handbook - Phil Croucher
• The Helicopter Pilot's Manual : Principles of Flight and Helicopter Handling - Norman Bailey (RECOMMENDED)
• Helicopter Pilot's Handbook of Mountain Flying and Advanced Techniques - Norman Bailey (RECOMMENDED)
• Mike Becker's Helicopter Handbook (FROM BECKER HELICOPTERS WEBSITE)

Other General Aviation Books:

• Biplane - Richard Bach
• Flying The Big Jets - Stanley Stewart

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