Straight Up - Take Off

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1513A

Date Released

5 Jun 1958

Date submitted

4 Jun 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1British International Win
2. 2Straight Up - Take Off
3. 342,000 Tons of Tanker
4. 4The Derby

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fairey Gyrodyne. DESCRIPTION: 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. SHOTLIST: Front shot - Fairey Gyrodyne on tarmac. MS Rotorarm with small jet. CU same. MS test pilot Ronald Gellatly at controls. GV Fairey Gyrodyne. CU Rotor with nameplate. LS Gyrodyne. MS same rises vertically. Longer shot pan in flight. Pan in flight. Another same. LS Hovering. Closer same. MS Lands vertically.

Keywords

Aviation

Locations

England; Berkshire; White Waltham

Card file number

73986

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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