Right, you’re going to watch this film and then I want you to promptly go out to your local airfield and test out your new skills on the first unattended chopper you see, ok? 
No, but this is an awesome little short clip from Straight Up! Helicopters in Action, a film produced by SK Films Inc. for the National Air and Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX® Theater that concisely covers exactly how to fly the Bell 47 helicopter, check it out:
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How Does A Helicopter Work? Learn How To Fly A Helicopter In 2 Minutes 14 Seconds
March 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
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1 Anonymous // May 11, 2009 at 12:15 am
2 Ivan Patrick Carmody // Dec 3, 2009 at 4:52 am
This is a really great website for those who are interested in knowing how a helicopter works, it almost gets you ready to get down to the controls and take to the air.
3 Ivan Patrick Carmody // Dec 3, 2009 at 5:28 am
A TRIBUTE TO THE HELICOPTER:
Helicopters have changed the whole concept of the physics of flying, which of course, as we all knew in our early school days that, a page torn out of a notebook, if folded in a certain way could fly for quite a distance. This is not quite the case with a helicopter, which can stay hovering at one point for quite some time and then move off with quite a bit of speed to another destination, it certainly looks a bit strange to those who are all too familiar with airplanes, which need a runway for take off, whereas a helicopter can take off and land on the same point, of course needing a thirty by thirty meter space to land due to the overhead rotor. The helicopter was called the hero of the 2005 earthquake in the North of Pakistan. On the morning of October the 8th 2005, at about 8: 45 am an earthquake of about 7.6 magnitude hit Pakistans Northern areas. Cities were devestated, and due to the mountainous terrain, getting aid to the afflicted people was going to be an impossible task, at this point, the government of General Pervez Musharraf called in the international community for help, in the form of helicopters, this made the whole operation of rescue and distribution of food aid, tents, warm clothing and medicines and medical help an easy and managable task. This was considered to be the worlds largest ever helicopter rescue after the South Asian Sunami on December 26th 2004.
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