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 ...
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 ...