These two are the Fairey Aviation Company of Hayes, Heaton Chapel, in Southeast England, and Blackburn Aircraft of Brough, the Northeast of England.

The Prototype. The Fairey Rotodyne prototype XR942 made its first flight on November 6, 1957, with squadron Leader Ron Gellatly, an experienced test pilot.

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, ...

IT was one of the greatest dramas the Hampshire village had witnessed, drawing hundreds of people to the scene. Leaving cars, motor bikes and cycles outside the main gate, they stood in awe as ...

This aircraft, the Fairey Battle, a British-made bomber, became known during the war as the “Flying Coffin,” and is ...

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 ...

Read Fairey Gannet aircraft move latest on ITV News. All the Sunday 1st September 2013 news A Fairey Gannet plane has arrived at MOD St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan today.

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 ...

Fairey Gannet aircraft move A Fairey Gannet plane has arrived at MOD St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan today. It will be used to help restore its sister plane, so that it can fly again.