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Chapter 62 of the Popular Rotorcraft Association
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Below is a list of the DVDs, VHS tapes, books, and CD-ROMs that belong to the club.

You may send an email request to check out an item, and it will be brought to the next meeting, or other arrangements can be made. The checked out items will need to be returned at the following meeting.

The items may be checked out by any current member of the club.

Click here to download the FAA's Rotorcraft Flying Handbook. (Note: this is a large PDF file, approx. 15Mb in size.)
Orginal source: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/faa-h-8083-21.pdf

PRA Chapter 62 Library (Sept 2009)
PRA Chapter 62 Library (Sept 2009)
DVD/Videos
DVD/Videos
Title		Film Maker	Run Time
1	Aircraft Welding	American Sound and Video	40 Min
2	The AR-5 Tapes - Two Disc Set
3	Barstormer's Video Collection	Tim O'Conner
4	Basics of Gyroplane Pitch Stability	Michael Guard	32 Min
5	Bensen Days - 1995	Dan Leslie	58 Min
6	Bensen Days - 2006	Tim Chick
7	Bensen Days - 2007	Tim Chick
8	Bensen Days - 2008	Tim Chick
9	Cierva Film Clips	Courtesy of Dr. Bruce Charmov
10	Composite Aircraft Construction	EAA	52 Min
11	Conroe Fly-In 4/24/99	Homemade	35 Min
12	Dan Donley Videos	Dan Donley
13	El Mirage Freedom Fly-in	Dan Leslie	1 Hr 55 Min
14	Fairey Rotodyne	Groen Brothers Aviation
15	First Flights - Homebuilt Aircraft	FAA/EAA	24 Min
16	First Flights - Ultra Light/Light Planes	FAA/EAA	27 Min
17	Five EZ Steps to Flying Gyros	Dan Donley
18	Fiveson, The Flying Collection	Fiveson Entertainment
19	Fiveson, The Smithsonian Collection	Fiveson Entertainment
20	Getting Started with Gyros	Dan Leslie	23 Min
21	Ground School with Bill Ortmayer CFI	Bill Ortmayer	1 Hr 52 Min
22	Gyroplane Refrain	Roland Smith
23	Gyromania 2005	Tim Chick
24	Gyros on The History Channel	Tim Chick
25	Introduction to Gyros	Dan Donley and Tim Chick	1 Hr 21Min
26	The Helicopter	Encyclopedia Britannica Films
27	How to Build a Gyro - Four Disc Set	Dan Leslie	6 Hrs 54 Min
28	How to Fly Gyros - Two Disc Set	Dan Leslie	3 Hrs 17 Min
29	How to Track and Balance Sport Rotor Rotorblades	Sport Copter
30	On Board Marine One	National Geographic
31	Pilot Operations at Towered Airports	National Geographic
32	PRA 1990 Convention	Homemade	53 Min
33	PRA 1991 Convention	Dan Leslie	1 Hr 4 Min
34	PRA 1992 Convention	Dan Leslie	58 Min
35	PRA 1994 Convention	Dan Leslie	1 Hr 38 Min
36	PRA 1997 Convention	Dan Leslie	1 Hr 8 Min
37	PRA 2008 Convention
38A	Promotional 1 - Honeybee, Pitbull, RAF, Littlewing	Various	30 Min
38B	Promotional 2 - Air Command, Butterfly, SnoBird, Bensen	Various	55 Min
39	RAF 2000 Construction - Five Disc Set	RAF	6 Hrs 30 Min
40	RAF/ Ken Brock Training Video	RAF & KB Manufacturing	52 Min
41	Remarkable Rotorcraft Videos	Courtesy of Dr. Bruce Charmov
42	Rotorhead Videos
43	Rotary Wings
44	Sport Copter Promo Video	Sport Copter
45	Texas Air Aces	Texas Air Aces	7 Min
46	Whirly Girls	Aircraft Designs, Inc.	17 Min


CD Rom
CD Rom
Title		Notes
1	American Autogyro	Groen Brothers Aviation
2	Bensen Plans on CD	2 Disc set
3	Bensen Days 2004 Videos and Images
4	Chapter 62 Files	All files
5	FAA Rotorcraft Flying Handbook	FAA
6	From Autogiro to Gyroplane	Dr. Bruce Charnov
7	Gyrocopters - 6 Designs and Review	The Bees, Benson, Hornet
8	Gyroplane Flying for Beginners (Book on CD)	Patrick Howell
9	Gyroplane Stability/Safety/Training	Magni Gyro
10	McCulloch J-2 Promotional Booklet
11	Roof Top Mail Delivery By Johnny Miller	Chicago Daily Tribune May 16,1938
12	Shared Files from Gyrowiki 01/02/2009	Gyrowiki
13	Short Hops	Book on CD
14	US Presidential & Executive Aircraft	Photos
15	YouTube Videos	Misc Gyro Videos


Books
Books
Title		Author
1	Aerodynamics of The Helicopter	Gessow/Myers
2	Aircraft - Electricity & Electronics	Glencoe Aviation
3	Aircraft - Electricity & Electronics Fifth Edition - Study Guide	Glencoe Aviation
4	Aircraft Basic Science - Seventh Edition	Glencoe Aviation
5	Composite Basics for the Homebuilder - 3 copies	Gary Hunter
6	FAA Acceptable Methods, Techniqaues, and Practices	FAA
7	FAA FAR for Aviation Maintenance Technicians	FAA
8	Firewall Forward	Tony Bingelis
9	Mechanics of Flight 10th Edition	Q. C. Kermmode
10	The Gyroplane Flight Manual - 1988 107 pages	Paul Abbott
11	The Gyroplane Flight Manual - 1996 132 pages	Paul Abbott
12	Understanding the Gyroplane - 2 copies	Paul Abbott

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