Witness rare restored footage of the Fairey Rotodyne, Britain’s jet-powered helicopter that once startled the world with its radical design and thunderous rotor jets. Conceived as a revolutionary city ...

As with other futuristic transport ideas, the high cost and technical problems of choppers meant they never took off ...

The Fairey Rotodyne was Britain's audacious post-war attempt at creating a revolutionary hybrid rotorcraft. With vertical take-off powered by tip-jet rotors and forward propulsion from twin turboprops ...

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 ...

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