The Fairey Rotodyne was a large British compound helicopter
designed and built by the Fairey Aviation Company and intended for
commercial and military applications. It was considered to be one
of the iconic aviation projects of the 1950s/60s and a bright
future was planned for the aircraft. Widely accepted to be a
revolutionary design, it was economically viable, fast and capable
of vertical take-off and landing from city centre heliports.
However, despite the proven feasibility of this bold concept, the
Rotodyne project was terminated in 1962 due to escalating
development costs and unresolved technical issues. This book seeks
to fill a gap in aviation literature on the history of the
Rotodyne, an aircraft ahead of its time. Winner of Hampshire
Libraries Special Collections Award 2010.
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