This is a collection of all three volumes of Ray Prouty's columns from Rotor & Wing magazine from 1979 to 2013.
Ray's career began in 1952, when he put his Bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Washington to the application at Hughes Tool Co.'s Aircraft Division. He worked as a helicopter aerodynamicist at Hughes until 1954, when he moved his talents to Sikorsky Aircraft until 1956. Between 1958 and 1960, Ray was a stability and control specialist at Bell Helicopter, and then group engineer for helicopter aerodynamics at Lockheed Aircraft from 1960 to 1973. From 1973 until his retirement in 1987, Ray was back at Hughes Helicopters (McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.), as Chief of Flying Qualities Analysis. He is the winner of the 2000 Alexander Klemin Award from the American Helicopter Association for Notable Achievement in the advancement of Rotary Wing Aeronautics. Ray is an Honorary Fellow of the American Helicopter Society.
Set includes these three ebooks: