Piasecki was the Kelly Johnson of helicopters. A great man

I can't believe I had never heard of Frank Piasecki. I have been flown into combat on Chinook helicopters with my vehicle slung beneath. When it came to helicopters all I had ever heard of was Igor Sikorsky. I really appreciate Boeing publishing this video, introducing me to the great rotary craft engineer Frank Piasecki

@fanBladeOne

10 күн бұрын

Lovely comment

I worked for Frank Piasecki in the 80s. He was a great man and engineer. I feel honored having known him.

I worked 12 years on the Chinook... this was great to watch.

Fascinating. As a lifelong fan of helos I never knew about this man. Thank you.

It' impressive that a large for-profit corporation can give recognition to one of the geniuses behind their success, even one who never worked directly for them. While exposing the major flaw in for-profit corporations, it's investor's greed.

@steveskouson9620

3 ай бұрын

You are aware that Boeing bought out Piasecki Helicopter, aren't you? steve

As the son of a ww2 b17 pilot, and a pilot for over 40 years myself, I can testify that airplanes fly, and helicopters beat the air into submission.

@jefferyroy2566

5 ай бұрын

"...beat the air into submission." That's an alternative description to how the rotor blades provide lift to a copter. The vulnerabilities of helicopters in a contested battlespace has been well demonstrated in the Ukraine War, with 133 lost by Russia and 36 by Ukraine. This includes 17 of the mother of all attack helicopters, the Mi-24/Mi-35 Hind. Kinda makes the U.S. Apache, Viper and Lakota look like dead meat in a modern war, no matter how well they "beat the air."

@nonegone7170

5 ай бұрын

​@@jefferyroy2566 "Kinda makes the U.S. Apache, Viper and Lakota look like dead meat in a modern war, no matter how well they "beat the air." No, you're simply misunderstanding their specific purpose. A gunship wouldn't typically fly into a heavily contested (air) zone without proper cover from other vehicles like jets. Russia sending in single or two KA-52's at a time is just an example of poor planning and leadership, leading to easier pickings for the defending force.

@Snaproll47518

4 ай бұрын

Flying is heavenly but hovering is divine.

@PacoOtis

2 ай бұрын

I'm a retired helicopter pilot and can also say that Bell seduces the air, while Sikorski rapes it into submission!

@sachmo0196

Ай бұрын

I get it (helo...s) crewchief and swimmer. Creedance where due.

I am surprised that there was no mention of my father Steve Tremper .. who was not only a test pilot for Piasecki, he became lead test pilot and spend a huge part of his life getting the CH47 in the air ..

After watching this documentary from beginning to end, it makes me love & appreciate more of the tandem rotor craft design. Excluding the dirty works of both Rockfeller & Dupont (I don't care for Rich People), Piasecki was an absolute genious!! To date this is why Tandem rotorcrafts like the CH-47 Chinook in my opinion, is THE BEST & most iconic Helicopter in the world!! Russia may have the largest "Mil Mi-26 Halo", but bigger doesn't always mean better. The Chinook Helicopter, is & always will be THE perfect helicopter to date!!

@abelanzizar

5 ай бұрын

The Halo isn't bad, is just a different beast altogether . The Chinook is definitely a more refined and aesthetically pleasing design.

In addition to his engineering genius, Mr. Piasecki deserves heaps of credit for teaching himself to fly a helicopter. Learning to hover was the most daunting task of my life.

Mr Piasecki was undoubtedly a genius before his time, exploring and perfecting engineering of helicopters that nobody, not even the great Sikorsky, was able to imagine let alone build. I was lucky enough to work on the mighty CH-47 Chinook for just over a decade, from the MK1 through to the Mk2a and beyond, it was a pain in the glass for its structural integrity on the MK1, spent many hours in the aft pylon making structural repairs and replacing items that were shot, but once the Mk2 entered service the Boeing designers had knocked the ball out of the park, I loved it, not just for working on but to fly in and have some great times working away from base with only us groundcrew to keep it fit to fly, a real test of our skills, something that fixed wing technicians are rarely, if ever, called upon to achieve. Thanks Boeing.

Boeing has descended to the quality level of GM / Ford / Chrysler-Stellantis

@kCI251

2 ай бұрын

Sad what labor unions drive companies to do to maintain solvency.

@jerrypolverino6025

2 ай бұрын

@@kCI251 it was hardly the unions. It was the greed of the Board of Directors.

I worked on everything that came out of Boeing Philadelphia from 1985 till February of 2023. I started on the Ch-46 building wire harnesses to Ch47G models, to the V-22, to the Defiant prototype.

Great man! We should put his name back to some where to world to remember him as Sikorsky.

I raise my glas for that man and his spirit. Regards from Sweden.🇸🇪

this is such a cool sequel to "when we left earth". I dunno if it's supposed to be or not, but this whole series follows that discovery channel feature style-guide implying a relationship. More Gary Sinise please.

Thank you for this presentation, I barely knew the name of the innovator I considered in the top 5 of all time! That his progeny carries on his name says so much of the man.

Very thankful that Boeing is being honest about their entire helicopter division coming straight from Piasecki.

Frank and dad were classmates at NYU. Dad went off to the Merchant Marine during WW2. After the war Frank asked dad to join him, but while dad was at sea the technology had advanced so much dad felt he could not contribute.

Great documentary Boeing, reminds of the great aviation documentaries of the 90's. 👏

Worked on the Chinook for 11 years. It's my favorite aircraft bar none (A-10 is a close second). I never knew it's true legacy until now. The Piasecki name should be as well-known as Sikorsky in the rotary wing industry.

❤❤" the helicopter was a solution looking for a problem" !

Keep going Boeing. Let the Documentaries comin up.

I'm from Airbus..and this video is so cool:) thanks

@dickburt69

5 ай бұрын

Competition is probably the biggest driver of innovation. 👍

Spent a lot of time in Phrogs. Since they are all gone if I hear a Ch-47 my heart rate goes off the charts, anxiety…..chills…..and an instant split second response to jump up and grab my gear.

An Great Documentary and bringing such an legendary engineer pionering work to the world

When I was in the Army, I was told by a Blackhawk pilot that helicopters are doing everything they can to vibrate themselves to pieces, all he does is keep that to a minimum and stay in the air

Wow. What an awesome Engineer. He literally changed the World.

Much enjoyed…. Hiller was another innovative helicopter pioneer as well.

It is the gimbal that can tilt the axis of the rotors, that allow tandem rotors to work. Otherwise, tilt and spin wouldn't be controllable.

Excellent historical doc of a great aviation pioneer. I spent quite a bit of time in the back of a Chinook, before going out the back ramp. But now every time I hear one (seems twice a month they fly over my remote place about 500"AGL) I get a burst of juice.

Excellent documentary of Mr Piasecki. Thank you Boeing

To fly is heavenly, to hover is devine. Flew in The Army in Viet Nam, then Indonesia, Malaysia (Sarawak), Hong Kong as a civilian. And when I hear a certain sound, I still look up.

A fascinating & touching tribute to a genuine visionary genius.

Great video… shocking how futuristic the Pathfinder II looked in its time

As a Navy vet, I worked airframes on the H-46 Sea Knight. The Phrog was an absolute workhorse, and a joy to be a part of.

Can’t beat a good story at christmas.

very beautiful work Sir Piasecki

I'm pleasantly surprised that Boeing supports a documentary that's so complimentary to Piasecki. I wish Piasecki better success with ARES and ducted fan vertical lift technology.

I'm a retired Army military helicopter pilot of thirty years and always admired the capabilities of the Chinook and remember hearing stories about "The Flying Banana" and how it would sometimes swap ends on the pilots while flying along, but they took it in stride. However, some of my buddies died in Chinooks and I named my son after one of them. Bummer! Thanks for the video and best of luck!

Best video to come out of Boeing in a long time. Probably not produced or directed by Boeing 😂

Arthur M. Young is another rotary wing pioneer that's worth having a look in to. Arthur's research was taken up by Bell at around the same time Frank was working on his 1st helicopter, and lead directly to the Bell 47, which is probably as iconic as the Chinook.

Thank you for an interesting and informative documentary. I have always thought the tandem rotor design made so much sense, saving both the wasted energy of a torque-countering, tail rotor and providing twice the lift for a given rotor load factor.

If you want to see the GOAT Chinook, one must visit the RAF Museum Cosford campus. There sits one Chinook with registration ZA718, but to many Brits, its know by its radio code, Bravo November. And before you dismiss it as just another 'Nook, one must look at its combat record: Falklands Both Gulf Wars Afghanistan And in those campaigns, four of its pilots were recipients of the UK's Distinguished Flying Cross (the third-highest award for valor in the British military). If Frank Piasecki were still alive, he would be grinning from ear to ear, and his chest puffed up a foot, at this Chinook's accomplishments.

Boeing makes better documentaries than they do aircraft nowadays, assuming it’s Boeing who actually made this doc.

The Osprey is deadly.

Fascinating thank you.

Excellent documentary.

Much better than an ethics video....... 😊

Nice to see family members involved with the company.

Salute to Frank!

A great story thank you.

In Vietnam, the Chinook was faster than the attack helicopters.

Piaseki had a comcept that Boeing missed. "reinvest profits, make better machines.

Excellent video

Phrogs Phorever!

A wonderful documentary.

17:20 i totally get that the wheels on the helicopter weren't made for driving several hundred miles, but they couldn't build a wheel platform to put the helicopter on? Not even a full trailer but just something you could put under the wheels

Jack ... a serious legend.

Awesome!

So pleased to learned about the designer of our favorite "Sh_thook", as we called it. I recall undergoing operations with Marine infantry in the Chinook in the late 1960's. It was like riding in a school bus, tail dropped, and out we went under arms.

I know more about aviation than most people and there was so much of this I diid not know. The pusher style is what they are looking at replacing the Blackhawk with. He had a version in the 50's.

@29:30 is just an (INCREDIBLE) image!... *(they're all "(INCREDIBLE)" really!)....

15,000 feet high in a helicopter. Is she nuts . That's an altitude of nearly 3 miles !

@user-jq2rf4nf3o

5 ай бұрын

Used to test fly Hueys to 13,000 ft each year for their power checks during the annual inspections...

do the doors stay attached?

What a nice film.

@Boeing Thank you for giving us the Chinook kudos for that. But may you give us a morden one, something mean looking an enemy will go awol just buy seeing it.

Both the twin choppers frank deigned went on to rule the world.

Wow never knew any of this.

Seem to remember a concept that he offered . A ground transport system using aircraft construction and material. Electric fan jet powered trains with control surfaces flying at aircraft speed suspended from a monorail .

good stuff

HS - 46 😊

What a Boss….

Do the doors and other parts fall off these like other Boeing aircraft because fasteners weren't fitted or tightened???

Aah baby helicopters to fight the hum drum of mortal existence.

Yes 👍🏿

Hi Fred!

My Dad flew the Piasecki HUP retriever

Age of aerospace for everyone but Boeing. How's the 737 and Starliner going? 😂😂😂😂

Helicopter!! Apache.V.2["64"]

At this point you’re making Lockheed look more

Where did she pull that figure out of 15 thousand feet? Hover 10k max and 25k inflight.

Make sure your doors dont pop out midflight!

WOW!!!

Should we get rid of the propellar? I see the need for new, especially unmanned, energy and transportation ideas. I have an idea that utilizes tokamak fusion and Casimir and look forward to seeing more Casimir research.

hey utube why are there only boeing videos but not others?

@citizen240

4 ай бұрын

Could it be because it’s the BOEING channel?

We always said that they shake so much they scare the earth out from under them....

Imagine if the Army had a helicopter in WW2,how many lives could have been saved by getting to a hospital/aid station quicker.

Boa noite gente eu sou portador da síndrome x fragil eu tenho muita vontade de trabalhar na Engenharia da boeing ❤❤❤

@citizen240

4 ай бұрын

Boa sorte, Paulo!

@24:17, i want to know where he got those pants?

Germany also had a few helios in WW2 . one of which was a two roter beast , but the polish an the russian got it together eventualy , well done boys , aye !

Where's episode 9 ?!

I saw Frankback in the early 2000's

Now Boeing takes 10+ years and Billions of $ to upgrade a 60s plane design to the market, and still fails at it miserably. What a pity.

ABSOLUTELY GREAT VIDEO

Thats how the rich people are today to. If i was him, Dupont and Rockefeller would of had a dirt nap from me....

Anyone notice that helo with the opposite tail rotor? It’s back

Whistle while we work, 🎶🎶🎶🎶🔫🕵️

Nowadays, they wouldn't let you build a twin rotor flying machine, as it just looks so unsafe. Mind you, those Wright Brothers' planes weren't too flight worthy either, when you think about it. No computers, unless you count adding machines. (Division is series of subtraction, with Multiplication being addition.) Makes you wonder, what size slide rule, did he use? A Mannheim slide rule is 352 feet long! Inspite of, or because of this, it works.

Don't mean to be picky but the heli blades at 7:02 are turning the wrong way to go vertical.

@joyceperez5505

4 ай бұрын

VIDEO IS REVERSED REMEBER..❤😂