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Nagler - Hafner R.II
1932
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Built in 1930 at Vienna, Austria, this was a second variant of the R.I, powered ...
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| In 1935 Austrian-born Raoul Hafner flew the first combined cyclic-and-collective control system on an autogiro ... read more ... |
Hafner AR.III "Gyroplane"
1935
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Kay autogyro
1934
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This autogyro by the Englishman Kay was the first practical application of collective pitch control ...
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| This single-seater was powered by an inverted 4-cylinder in-line engine and fitted with a two-bladed ... read more ... |
Weir W.3
1936
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Weir W.5
1938
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Weir's chief designer, C.G.Pullin, first thought of converting the W.4 autogyro into a helicopter by ...
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| Much larger than its predecessors, this two-seater helicopter was powered by a more powerful fan-cooled ... read more ... |
Weir W.6
1939
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Hafner "Rotachute"
1942
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This autogyro glider, development work on which was done during World War II by Raoul ...
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| Designed by Austrian Raoul Hafner of the British Airborne ForcesExperimental Establishment, the Rotabuggy was essentially ... read more ... |
Hafner "Rotabuggy"
1943
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Cierva W.9
1944
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This experimental design had a three-bladed rotor and torque was compensated for by a jet ...
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| In this helicopter, power from a single engine was transmitted through shafting to three-bladed rotors ... read more ... |
Cierva W.11
1945
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Cierva W.11T
1948 - project
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This project was for an enlarged version of the W.11 which was to have two ...
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| Experimental helicopter built around the fuselage of an unusual fixed-wing aircraft, the 1948 Planet Satellite ... read more ... |
Firth FH-1
1952
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Saunders-Roe W.14 "Skeeter"
1948
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After a development period spanning some ten years, production examples of the Saro Skeeter finally ...
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| Pressure-jet observation helicopter of the same class as Fairey Ultra-Light. Not built ... read more ... |
Saunders-Roe P.507
1955 - project
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Murray M-1
1954
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Built in 1954 at Salford, Manchester by Mr. John Murray, a motor mechanic from Salford ...
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Bristol Type 173
1952
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The Belvedere general purpose transport helicopter, which entered service with the RAF in the autumn ...
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Hunting Percival P.74
1955
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The P.74 was intended as a demonstrator for a new type of helicopter. Itworked on ...
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| A model of the proposed 2-seat P.91 helicopter. This tip-powered machine may have been designed ... read more ... |
Hunting Percival P.91
1955 - project
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Hunting Percival P.105
1955 - project
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A development of the P.74 helicopter was proposed in 1955 as the P.105 ten-passenger commercial ...
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| This model shows the lifting-crane version of the P.105, using the same engine/rotor unit as ... read more ... |
Hunting Percival P.105 flying crane
1955 - project
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McCandless M4
1961
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The McCandless M4 was a British single-seater ultra-light autogyro first flown in 1961. The original ...
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| The Brookland Mosquito was a British amateur-built single-seater ultra-light gyroplane first flown in 1962. the ... read more ... |
Brookland Mosquito
1962
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Wallis WA-116
1962
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The Wallis WA-116 autogyro, known as "Little Nellie", was a helicopter that could lift twice ...
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| Rotorcraft Ltd was established with backing from Mitchell Engineering in the early 1960s to produce ... read more ... |
Rotorcraft "Grasshopper"
1962
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| The Thruxton Aviation Co. of Andover, England, began design of their two-seat cabin ES 101 ... read more ... |
Thruxton HDW-1 Gadfly
1967
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Campbell "Cougar"
1973
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The Campbell Aircraft Company was founded in the late 1950's to develop and build ...
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| The CG-4 was the third manpowered 'cyclogyroplane' built by Mr. Herbert Watkinson of Bexhill in ... read more ... |
Watkinson CG-4
1977
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