The Museum has put three models of the unique
Fairey Rotodyne compound helicopter on display complementing the only surviving
sections of the actual aircraft that are also part of the collection.
The new models have been transfered to THM
from the Imperial War Museum store at Duxford, Cambridge and are on display for
the first time in 50 years. One represents an early 1952 proposal for the
vertical takeoff airliner and a second represents the final proposed Rotordyne
Z of 1960, just before the project was cancelled. The third model represents
the prototype as built and flown between 1957 and 1961.
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of
the projects cancellation, often described as “an idea before its time” and
still the subject of much interest by an aerospace industry still looking for a
means of inter city travel that doesn't require airport runways.
Above you can see the1952 model depicting the
original Fairey Rotodyne proposal.
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