Bob Petite
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Farewell to the Twirly Birds (opens the original)
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The “Twirly Birds” was an inclusive organization of pioneering pilots of helicopters and other vertical takeoff aircraft, founded in 1945. The founding members were people who had soloed a helicopter — or other vertical aircraft — in a complete flight, including a takeoff and landing prior to the end of the Second World War. They were people who had cast their fortunes with the vertical-lift world while it was in its infancy, who frequently faced derision and scorn because they saw what others c
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