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    The Fairey Jet Gyrodyne is a British experimental compound gyroplane built by the Fairey Aviation Company that incorporated helicopter, gyrodyne and autogyro...
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    development of the earlier Fairey Jet Gyrodyne, which had established a world helicopter speed record, the Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that burned...
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    The Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne is an experimental British rotorcraft that used single lifting rotor and a tractor propeller mounted on the tip of the starboard...
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    flight. The Jet Gyrodyne flew in 1954, and made a true transition from vertical to horizontal flight in March 1955. This led to the prototype Fairey Rotodyne...
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  • Fairey Gyrodyne can refer to: Fairey Jet Gyrodyne Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fairey Gyrodyne...
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  • (1954) Fairey Jet Gyrodyne – compound gyroplane (1954) Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter (1955) Fairey Rotodyne – autogyro/compound helicopter (1957) Fairey Gannet...
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  • VTOL (redirect from Jump Jet)
    forward thrust. Starting with the Fairey Gyrodyne, this type of aircraft later evolved into the much larger twin-engined Fairey Rotodyne, that used tipjets...
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    developing the Fairey FB-1 Gyrodyne in accordance with Specification E.16/47. The second FB-1 was modified to investigate a tip-jet driven rotor coupled...
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    The Fairey Firefly is a Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft and anti-submarine aircraft that was principally operated by the Fleet Air...
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    side-by-side jet trainer ever built, and a Fairey Jet Gyrodyne — a composite helicopter and autogyro, or gyrodyne. Other exhibits include: A Fairey Gannet carrier-borne...
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