The Fairey Rotodyne prototype XR942 made its first flight on November 6, 1957, ... Additionally, Rotodyne could carry a lot more passengers than a traditional helicopter, ...

Fairey competitor Westland Aircraft had started locally license-building the S-51, a helicopter developed by the American company Sikorsky, in 1947. Like other British airplane makers, Fairey ...

If a helicopter and an airplane had a little Einstein genius baby, that baby would be the Fairey Rotodyne, a passenger airliner that was said to be capable of vertical takeoff. It was supposed to ...

So Fairey came up with the Rotodyne, classed as a composite helicopter - essentially half-plane, half-helicopter. The Ministry of Supply backed the project with funding for technical development.

It looked like a helicopter–airplane hybrid, but the Fairey Rotodyne was something entirely new. With vertical takeoff, jet-powered rotor tips, and room for 75 passengers, it promised to ...

When it comes to aviation curiosities, few machines captivate the imagination like the Fairey Rotodyne. This British hybrid aircraft was a daring attempt to combine helicopter and fixed-wing ...

When it comes to aviation curiosities, few machines captivate the imagination like the Fairey Rotodyne. This British hybrid aircraft was a daring attempt to combine helicopter and fixed-wing effici… ...

And yet, the promise of Rotodyne was its cost-per-seat basis, estimated as low as $0.04/seat-mile in 1960 Click to expand... All well and good for 1960. But this isn't 1960. It's 2020 and it's not ...

A helicopter at take-off and an autogyro during forward flight, the Fairey Rotodyne was, reported The Engineer, an exciting development for both commercial and military aviation markets. With more ...

So Fairey came up with the Rotodyne, classed as a composite helicopter - essentially half-plane, half-helicopter. The Ministry of Supply backed the project with funding for technical development.

The first helicopter flew 80 years ago, although it's never caught on as a mass mode of transport. But there was one brave British attempt. Was it a helicopter? Was it a plane? The Fairey Rotodyne ...

The first helicopter flew 80 years ago, but it's never caught on as a mass mode of transport. But there was one brave British attempt. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP ...