MASH Angels Quotes

“In the years following WWII, American helicopter pioneers like Sikorsky, Frank Piasecki, Larry Bell, Stanley Hiller, Charlie Kaman and others continued their research and development, making progress in improving performance and reliability.”
― Richard C. Kirkland, MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War

“Wilbur Wright set the tone in 1909 when he said, “Like all novices we began with the helicopter [in childhood] but soon saw that it had no future and dropped it. The helicopter does with great labor only what the balloon does without labor, and is no more fitted than the balloon for rapid horizontal flight. If its engine stops it must fall with deathly violence for it can neither float like the balloon nor glide like the aeroplane. The helicopter is much easier to design than the aeroplane but is worthless when done.”1”
― Richard C. Kirkland, MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War