Fairey Gyrodyne

C/N f.9420

Built 1947





Helicopter Fairey Gyrodyne Serial f.9420 Register XJ389 XD759 G-AJJP used by Fairey Aviation. Built 1947. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





G-AJJP

united kingdom Fairey Aviation

2nd prototype Gyrodyne airframe. Grounded when 1st airframe (G-AIKF) crashed 17 Apr 1949. Reg withdrawn Nov 1950.

XD759

1954
united kingdom Fairey Aviation

1954-01ex G-AJJP
allocated XD759 in error, to XJ389.

XJ389

feb54
united kingdom Fairey Aviation

1954-02Following significant design effort and manufacturing re-work after its grounding in 1949, emerged as a Jet Gyrodyne in Jan 1954. Allocated XD759 but this (like a number of others around this time) was duplicated with an existing Sabre F4, so re-allocated XJ389
early 1970s in central Southampton close to the Civic Centre for quite a few years
1979-07 A EGWC Reserve Collection to RAF Museum Cosford reserve collection by Jul 1979, still 1981, still Mar 1990
1994-06 B Museum of Berkshire Aviation Exhibit
Fairey Jet Gyrodyne on loan to Museum of Berkshire Aviation (Woodley) Jun 1994, still 2009, still 2018.




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