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Helicopter related books - Lyle Swallows - 08-29-2026
who's got a favorite reading list of helicopter/aviation related books they'd like to share?
a few of my Favorites:
1. Chickenhawk
2. 71 Lessons from the sky
3. 9 lives of a bush pilot
4. down to a sunless sea
5. wings over alaska
6. N4 down
7. (a few bell 47 Alaskan/Canadian books) the titles are escaping me...
not all are helicopter related and there's no order of fashion there.
i feel like Orv should write a book at this point with all his amazing posts!
RE: Helicopter related books - Sam Oliver - 08-31-2026
Well. Since you included "aviation" in general I'll throw in a couple of my "must reads". Mine tend to drift towards the military/wartime "holy moly", genre!
As your list, no particular order, just some memorable reads.
Fate is the Hunter- Ernest Gann- Some crazy stuff
Flying the Hump- Otha Spencer--A bunch of books about this but I enjoyed this one.
Angel in the SKy- A kind of fascinating account of the founding of the Israeli Air force. Imagine a Beach Bonanza Bomber?
Sketches of a BlackCat. hard to imagine the type of flying they did
Stuka Pilot- Hans Rudel This book puts you in the mud and fog with a legendary aircraft and pilot.
Wings of Adventure- Dale Titler- A Compilation of stories. Picked this up at a yard sale years ago and found it pretty interesting.