Development
Technical Details
Flight Testing
Cancellation
Insights
Development
Technical Details
Flight Testing
Cancellation
Insights
AEROPLANE JULY 2018 http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com 85DATADATABASEBASE
FAIREY
ROTODYNE
● Fairey’s vision of the city-to-city transport future
● Test pilot Ron Gellatly on fl ying the Rotodyne
● Killed off before its time, or an inevitable demise?
WORDS: BRUCE HALES-DUTTON
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TOP: The sole fl ying Fairey
Rotodyne prototype, XE521.
CHRIS SANDHAM-BAILEYMAIN PICTURE: XE521 captured
air-to-air during the 1959 SBAC
display at Farnborough.
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