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FAIREY GYRODYNE
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(5 Jun 1958) The world's first Vertical Take Off Airliner is the Fairey-Rotodyne. Test Pilot Ronald Gellatly showed how it works: it is two machines in one. First - a helicopter, with a Rotor 90 feet in diameter, using compressed air from two propeller-turbine engines. Now, the helicopter becomes an airliner, with a cruising speed of 185. It can carry 48 passengers and could do the journey from the heart of London to the centre of Paris in little over an hour. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
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