lishing a crucial link between the government and the emerg- ing helicopter industry. This link ultimately accelerated industry growth and helicopter development. Gregory’s own piloting abilities further hastened this development. His in flight accomplishments put him among a select group of brave men who were able to quickly master an altogether new type of aircraft.
Hamilton Howze expanded on the work that Gregory
started. By the late 1950s the helicopter had been developed to the point where it was no longer seen as impractical and its unique capabilities were being applied to all sorts of new mil- itary and civilian missions. Howze, through his leadership of both Army aviation and the revolutionary Howze Board, played a critical role in shaping the future of the helicopter in the Army. Specifically, he helped usher in a new era of air assault operations and increased helicopter use. In large part because of Howze’s efforts, today the United States Army is the largest helicopter operator in the world. Both of these men had great foresight and significantly advanced helicopter flight making them true Rotorcraft Pioneers.
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Beard, B. (1996). Wonderful Flying Machines: A History of U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
Official Air Force Biography. (1956). Retrieved April 15, 2010 from
http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5621
Grayson, E. (1991, November-December). Hamilton H. Howze Visionary Giant from the Past. U.S. Army Aviation Digest, pp. 2-6.
Helicopter Expert Wins First T.H. Bane Award. (1944, January 13). The New York Times, p 14.
Howze, H. (1996). A Cavalryman’s Story. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Obituary for Hollingsworth F. Gregory. (1978, November 22). The Tulsa Tribune, pp.1C, 10C.
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LT Brad McNally is a 2001graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy. After serving two tours in Coast Guard Naval Engineering he attended Naval Flight Training in Pensacola, Florida. He was previously station at the Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City, NJ
where he was an aircraft commander in the MH-65C Dolphin helicopter. He currently resides in
West Lafayette, IN with his wife Monica and son Brett where he is assigned as a graduate student at Purdue University pursuing a Masters Degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
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