1. The scenario is world war two and you are at the controls of the fictional whirly-bird.

2. Maples make those little whirlybird seeds you see spiraling down in droves each spring. Their papery little wings keep them aloft so they can find a good place to germinate and make a new maple.

3. Maples make those little whirlybird seeds you see spiraling down in droves each spring.

4. The author comments on the entire methodology on plan design and three attention points during this process: dual-ladder career development path, career plateau, and "whirlybird" promotion.

5. Plenty of whirlybird pilots will be keen to get their hands on the real thing.

6. Today, approximately half of those who wear wings of gold are rotary-wing pilots, proving that the once-primitive whirlybird has more than fulfilled its early promise.