Welcome to Rotornik!

Thank You for coming here! My name is Jakub Fojtík and Rotornik.webnode.cz is my personal website dedicated originally to the helicopter books I wrote, but now also covering fixed wing aircraft books as well. I am a freelance aviation journalist from the Czech Republic. Up to now I published over 30 books and 700+ magazine articles, all about aviation. Writing was never my job, it is just a passion and self-education activity. Should you have any interesting materials for publishing or research, I am happy to talk to you. 
Maybe we should start with the name of the website. "Rotornik" is an unusual Czech word (I wish I had invented it, but did not...), which means "a helicopter" and according to my opinion is much more matching with helicopter itself. In the Czech language we use more common and frequent word "vrtulnik" , but it is derived from the word base "vrtule" (propeller). And here it is - can you find any propeller generating pure propulsion force on a helicopter? I think you cannot... So I have decided to start changing this ugly custom and I am fighting for renaming the helicopter after more than one hundred years we use this word:) Another reason for using this unusual name of the website is it sounds well not only in Czech, but also in English - "rotornick".

Thank You for coming here! My name is Jakub Fojtík and Rotornik.webnode.cz is my personal website dedicated originally to the helicopter books I wrote, but now also covering fixed wing aircraft books as well. I am a freelance aviation journalist from the Czech Republic. 

A few information about me - I am a graduate of the Police Academy of the Czech Republic in the Bachelor´s, Master´s and Doctor´s degree with some extra education in the common law as well. I work all my life in the aviation companies and writing is just my hobby. I live in the Czech Republic. During my carreer I had an opportunity to visit terrible number of countries, take almost million of aviation-related pictures and speak to and get into contact with many interesting people in the aviation community. So instead of enjoying all the information and photos by myself, I always had the feeling that sharing is more then posession. So I started to put together first articles and books some 20 years ago and do so up to now. I published 30+ books and 700+ magazine articles, all about aviation. Writing was never my job, it is just a passion and self-education activity. And since I am asked about my books all the time, I put this website together. I do not like fame or popularity, so the picture below is the best I have.

Should you have any interesting materials for publishing or research, I am happy to talk to you. 

 

 

Maybe we should start with the name of the website. "Rotornik" is an unusual Czech word (I wish I had invented it, but did not...), which means "a helicopter" and according to my opinion is much more matching with helicopter itself. In the Czech language we use more common and frequent word "vrtulnik" , but it is derived from the word base "vrtule" (propeller). And here it is - can you find any propeller generating pure propulsion force on a helicopter? I think you cannot... So I have decided to start changing this ugly custom and I am fighting for renaming the helicopter after more than one hundred years we use this word:) Another reason for using this unusual name of the website is it sounds well not only in Czech, but also in English - "rotornick".

 

Enjoy this web:)

Jakub "MiD" Fojtík

 

Contact

If you wish to contact me for any reason, you can reach me on hind.FOURever@seznam.cz

(for slow thinkers - insert "4" instead of "FOUR")

 

Did you know how many names helicopters have? Below some most frequent languages...

Rotornik, elicopter, elicottero, elikoptè, elikoptero, héileacaptar, helicopter, helicòpter, hélicoptère, helicóptero, helikopta, helikopter, ħelikopter, helikoptéra, helikopteri, helikoptero, helikopters, hofrennydd, Hubschrauber, máy bay trực thăng, śmigłowiec, sraigtasparnis, þyrla, vrtulník, vrtuľník, wiropłat, ελικόπτερο, верталёт, вертолет, вертоліт, геликоптер, хеликоптер, ուղղաթիռ, ვერტმფრენი, ヘリコプター, העליקאָפּטער ,מסוק ,هلی کوپتر ,هليكوبتر,,  हेलीकाप्टर , হেলিকোপটার, હેલિકોપ્ટર,  హెలికాప్టర్, ಹೆಲಿಕಾಪ್ಟರು, เฮลิคอปเตอร์,  헬리콥터, 直升機