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

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Captain John Fairey, who died on July 7 aged 74, was flying his vintage Percival Provost when it crashed in a field as he returned from RAF Waddington, where it had been part of the ground display ...

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

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.