David Gibbings

Fairey Rotodyne (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The History Press LTD
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780752475585
• Artikelnr.: 38225094

Autorenporträt

David Gibbings is a retired RAF navigator and flight test engineer for helicopters and aircraft. He worked on the rotodyne and with Westland, retiring as Chief Flight Test Engineer. Awarded the Kelly Johnson award for outstanding achievement in his field by the Society of Flight Test Engineers, he was the first recipient for the award outside the U.S. A qualified private pilot, David lives in Somerset where he now writes articles and gives lectures.