Fairey Rotodyne
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fairey-rotodyne-186-12791813
title:
Fairey Rotodyne
text:
The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development of the earlier Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, which had established a world helicopter speed record, the Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that burned a mixture of fuel and compressed air bled from two wing-mounted Napier Eland turboprops. The rotor was driven for vertical takeoffs, landings and hovering, as well as low-speed translational fl
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description:
1950s British compound gyroplane
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Rotodyne
date created:
2004-05-17T19:09:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T01:30:04Z
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