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    Hay Mills Rotor Station (or Rotorstation) was a helidrome in the Hay Mills district of southern Birmingham, England, which was operational from 1951 to...
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    situated 5.4 miles (8.7 km) to the East. A smaller aerodrome, Hay Mills Rotor Station, offering helicopter flights to London, operated from June 1951...
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    BEA introduced helicopter services between Northolt Aerodrome, Hay Mills Rotor Station in Birmingham and London Heathrow, operated by a pair of S51s....
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    1939 and continues to operate, as Birmingham Airport. A heliport, Hay Mills Rotor Station, operated passenger services to London from 1951 to 1952, with...
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    RAF Northolt (category Royal Air Force stations in London)
    stands today. In June 1951, BEA introduced helicopter services to Hay Mills Rotor Station in Birmingham and to London Heathrow, operated by a pair of Westland-Sikorsky...
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  • combine harvesters, balers, forage harvesters, self-propelled sprayers, haying tools, seeding equipment, hobby tractors, utility vehicles and implements...
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    ISBN 9781897113189. "Gilles Jean". SPVM. Retrieved June 19, 2024. "Constable Gerald F. Mills". York Regional Police Association. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2024...
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    name from the Spanish word for yellow), "Yellow City" for its name, and "Rotor City, USA" for its V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft assembly plant. Amarillo...
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    fired as a result of ocean wave action, bobbing as a result of helicopter rotor wash, or other activity. NASA officials concluded Grissom had not necessarily...
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    exist in this time period, the Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 was a larger, twin-rotor machine, which was used on only a limited basis. The Bell 47, in its military...
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  • JetRanger helicopter operated by Tulsa CBS affiliate KOTV had its tail rotor snapped and was badly damaged. The tornado caused additional damage to homes...
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    needed] Flywheels store energy in a spinning mass. Because a light and fast rotor is energetically favorable, flywheels can pose a significant safety hazard...
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  • Time Nicolas Florine (1891–1972), Georgia/Russia/Belgium – first tandem rotor helicopter to fly freely Tommy Flowers (1905–1998), UK – Colossus an early...
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  • Piasecki: inventor of one of the first helicopters; first to develop a tandem-rotor helicopter;received the country's highest technical honor, the National...
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