Helicopters

Helicopters : 

Helicopters By Robert Holcomb

Leonardo da Vinci : 

Leonardo da Vinci In the early 1480’s Leonardo da Vinci came up with an early design for the helicopter. It was called the “Aerial Screw”.

The French : 

The French Two French brothers, Jacques and Louis Breguet, experimented with airfoils for helicopters

Problem : 

Problem The problem was you can’t always use an airplane to travel

problem : 

problem Especially when you don’t have room for a runway, and have a small area to land in

The first mail helicopter : 

The first mail helicopter The first helicopter to carry mail was in 1947.

Modern helicopter design : 

Modern helicopter design

Rescue Helicopters : 

Rescue Helicopters Fire fighters use helicopters to transport people to the hospital.

ambulance helicopters : 

ambulance helicopters Penn state medical uses the “Life Lion” to transport patients to the hospital

Army Helicopters : 

Army Helicopters Helicopters can also be used to Hurt people instead of help

U.s. army helicopters : 

U.s. army helicopters The U.S. army uses the Blackhawk as an attack helicopter and troop transport.

What do you think? : 

What do you think? The helicopter is a great addition to modern technology.- “Ryan” Very useful.- “Colin” Faster travel than cars.- “7th grader at Cocalico”

Works Cited : 

Works Cited Air foils. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/?wikipedia/?commons/?f/?fa/?HE2G8.jpg>. Apache helicopter. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/?wiki/?File:Westland_apache_wah-64d_longbow_zj206_arp.jpg>. Blackhawk. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/?wikipedia/?commons/?1/?14/?Black_hawk.jpg>. Early Helicopter. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://www.centennialofflight.gov/?essay/?Rotary/?early_20th_century/?HE2G10.jpg>. First Mail Helicopter. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/?wikipedia/?en/?2/?24/?Helicopter_air_mail%2C_1947_.jpg>. Helicopter Design. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/?wikipedia/?commons/?2/?20/?Helicopter_Anatomy.png>. Hospital Helipad. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://imagecache2.allposters.com/?images/?pic/?PTGPOD/?457237-FB~Tampa-General-Hospital-Helipad-Tampa-FL-Posters.jpg>.

Works cited continued… : 

Works cited continued… Life Lion Helicopter. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://nursing.hmc.psu.edu/?image/?journal/?article?img_id=1.NURSING_LIFELION_EXT_OVERVIEW.Image&version=1.0>. Rescue Helicopter. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://upload.wikimedia.org/?wikipedia/?en/?b/?bb/?Traumahawk_Loading_2.JPG>. Sea Helipad. 20 Feb. 2009 <http://www.charitycruise.com/?lines/?royal%20caribbean/?liberty%20of%20the%20seas/?photos/?liberty%20of%20the%20seas%20bow%20helipad.jpg>.