Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Nov. 11, 1957 - The Fairy Rotodyne Takes Off On Test Britain's Most Revolutionary Aircraft: Said to be the biggest and most revolutionary helicopter in the country - the 40-50 seaten Fairy Rotodyne, made its first flight at White Waltham near is a idenhead today. It was piloted by SQD - Leadar Ronald Gellatly a 36 year old New Zealand er. The Rotodyne is an airliner which flies vertically like a helicopter and forward like an Orthodox airplane. It has short stubby wings and two two jet prop engines which daves it former are about 180 m.p.h. Three cars be stowed i..its fuselage. The machine xosts about 25, 000. Photo Shows A view of the Fairey Rotodyne as it takes off an its maiden flight from White Waltham airfield near Maidenhead, today. It shows the twin engined Napier Eland propeller turbines, with the addition of a 90 foot diameter four-blade rotor mounted well above the fuelage
