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    The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military uses. A development...
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    H.A. Fairey Aircraft since 1915. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1974. ISBN 0-87021-208-7. Winchester, Jim, ed. "Fairey Rotodyne." Concept...
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    was constructed to provide rotor drive and operational data for the Fairey Rotodyne compound gyroplane. The Jet Gyrodyne is on display at the Museum of...
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    The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation. It was primarily...
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    rotorcraft, referred to the BEA Bus, Fairey set about developing the Fairey Rotodyne. On 6 November 1957, the Rotodyne prototype performed its maiden flight...
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    The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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    The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the...
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    The Fairey Aviation Company Fairey III was a family of British reconnaissance biplanes that enjoyed a very long production and service history in both...
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  • late 1930s and World War II was the Swordfish. In 1957, the prototype Fairey Rotodyne vertical takeoff airliner was built at Hayes. After the merger with...
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    The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed...
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    The Fairey Firefly IIM was a British fighter of the 1930s. It was a single-seat, single-engine biplane of all-metal construction. Built by Fairey Aviation...
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    The firm shelved the project, choosing to concentrate on the larger Fairey Rotodyne instead, which shared some design features. During the early 1950s...
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    The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber designed by Fairey Aviation. It was the first aircraft of this type operated...
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    The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag"...
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    The Fairey Fox was a British light bomber and fighter biplane of the 1920s and 1930s. It was originally produced in Britain for the RAF, but continued...
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    vertical to horizontal flight in March 1955. This led to the prototype Fairey Rotodyne, which was developed to combine the efficiency of a fixed-wing aircraft...
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    The Fairey Gordon was a British light bomber (2-seat day bomber) and utility aircraft of the 1930s. The Gordon was a conventional two-bay fabric-covered...
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    The Fairey Seafox was a 1930s British reconnaissance floatplane designed and built by Fairey for the Fleet Air Arm. It was designed to be catapulted from...
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    The Fairey Delta 2 or FD2 (internal designation Type V within Fairey) is a British supersonic research aircraft that was produced by the Fairey Aviation...
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    Richard Fairey MBE FRAeS (5 May 1887 – 30 September 1956), also known as Richard Fairey, was an English aircraft manufacturer. Charles Fairey was born...
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    The Fairey Flycatcher was a British single-seat biplane carrier-borne fighter aircraft made by Fairey Aviation Company which served from 1923 to 1934...
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    The Fairey Spearfish was a British carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm...
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    The Fairey Fulmar is a British carrier-borne reconnaissance aircraft/fighter aircraft which was developed and manufactured by aircraft company Fairey Aviation...
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  • Skeeter helicopter, a development of the Cierva W.14 Skeeter and the Fairey Rotodyne compound gyroplane design. They continued to develop the latter, terminating...
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    the Westland Westminster heavy-lift helicopter and the Fairey Rotodyne gyrodyne. The Rotodyne operated as an autogyro in forward flight using the Eland...
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    500 m (18,000 ft) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairey Rotodyne Mil V-12 Related lists List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union...
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    A Fairey Rotodyne prototype gyrodyne...
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    thrust. Starting with the Fairey Gyrodyne, this type of aircraft later evolved into the much larger twin-engined Fairey Rotodyne, that used tipjets to power...
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  • Westminster - but this was dropped later in favour of the government funded Fairey Rotodyne. From 1959 to 1961 the British government forced the consolidation...
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    Mi-26 14 December 1977 56 t 316 Heaviest serial production helicopter Fairey Rotodyne 6 November 1957 15 t 1 Largest gyrodyne. Prototype for 40 passengers...
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