The Royal Navy now deploys helicopters in all its escorts. The pattern and concept of operations from small ships have evolved over the years and detailed study of the control, landing, and deck handling of the helicopter have affected both ship and aircraft design. Similarly, a maintenance and support organization has grown out of the need to supervise the activities of over 40 separate embarked units.


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    Title :

    Maritime VSTOL - The Development of Small Ship Helicopter Operations in the Royal Navy


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting ; 1974



    Publication date :

    1974-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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