Easily the strangest sight at Farnborough, Hampshire, on September 7. when the biggest air show in history was staged, was the Cierva triple-rotored “Air Horse” helicopter. This aircraft, biggest helicopter in the world, has three 48foot rotors, taking their power from a 1610 horse-power Merlin engine. Twenty-four passengers or three tons of freight can be carried at a cruising speed of 115 miles an hour. (A.P. Photo)
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22758, 2 October 1948, Page 5
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67Easily the strangest sight at Farnborough, Hampshire, on September 7. when the biggest air show in history was staged, was the Cierva triple-rotored “Air Horse” helicopter. This aircraft, biggest helicopter in the world, has three 48- foot rotors, taking their power from a 1610 horse-power Merlin engine. Twenty-four passengers or three tons of freight can be carried at a cruising speed of 115 miles an hour. (A.P. Photo) Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22758, 2 October 1948, Page 5
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