Helicopter Aerodynamics

handout from Philip Greenspun; revised January 2015

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Philip Greenspun has more than 4000 hours of total flying time accumulated since late 2001. He has a Airline Transport Pilot and Flight Instructor Certificates for both airplanes and helicopters. He has flown aircraft ranging in size from the two-seat Diamond Katana to the 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet. Greenspun obtained his helicopter instructor rating in January 2006 and teaches helicopter students at East Coast Aero Club (Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts) in the Robinson R44.
philg@mit.edu