Fairey Rotodyne David Gibbings Aviation Propeller Aircraft
Fairey Rotodyne By David Gibbings - Signed Copy - ONLY 1 left
Fairey Rotodyne David Gibbings Aviation Propeller Aircraft
Fairey Rotodyne By David Gibbings - Signed Copy - ONLY 1 left

Fairey Rotodyne By David Gibbings - Signed Copy - ONLY 1 left

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Rare signed copies of the Fairey Rotodyne publication.

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.

This book, by Rotodyne expert David Gibbings, seeks to fill a gap in aviation literature and offers a long-awaited full, illustrated, and in-depth history of the Rotodyne, many of whose features are still valued by organisations such as Nasa, highly in demand and used to this day.

Published: Jan 2009
ISBN: 9780752449166

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