The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34 (in US service known as Choctaw). It was developed and produced... 44 KB (4,620 words) - 01:34, 28 April 2024 |
815 Naval Air Squadron (section Westland Wessex) 4 July 1961, the squadron recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose with the Westland Wessex HAS.1. The squadron embarked on HMS Ark Royal in November 1961, moving... 18 KB (1,550 words) - 02:16, 27 April 2024 |
aircraft Westland Interceptor Westland IV and Wessex Westland C.O.W. Gun Fighter Westland Wallace Westland PV-3 (Houston-Westland) Westland PV-6 (Houston-Wallace)... 12 KB (1,372 words) - 16:41, 6 October 2023 |
region's oil boom. Starting on 17 February 1965, the company operated the Westland Wessex 60 ten-seat helicopter to support these off-shore installations. Throughout... 31 KB (3,411 words) - 08:11, 26 April 2024 |
of examples of Westland aircraft. WS-51 - Westland Dragonfly WS-55 - Westland Whirlwind Westland Widgeon WG-58 - Westland Wessex Westland Westminster (1958)... 12 KB (1,158 words) - 13:38, 18 March 2024 |
Vickers Viking, Avro York, de Havilland Heron and Devon, Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex HCC.4, Douglas Dakota (for the Royal Visit to Nepal in 1960)... 38 KB (3,789 words) - 19:55, 9 May 2024 |
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma (redirect from Westland Puma) relocated to RAF Aldergrove to provide a permanent presence to augment the Westland Wessex of 72 Squadron. In 2009, 230 Squadron relocated to RAF Benson together... 73 KB (7,503 words) - 09:28, 7 May 2024 |
The Westland IV and Westland Wessex were British high wing, three-engined light transport aircraft built by Westland Aircraft. In 1928, Westland began... 10 KB (1,033 words) - 02:40, 11 December 2023 |
and being instructed when and where to drop it. Unlike the larger Westland Wessex, the Wasp carried no sonar of its own, and was limited strictly to... 24 KB (2,626 words) - 22:37, 7 May 2024 |
anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter to replace the Westland Wessex, placing an order with Westland for 60 SH-3D Sea Kings in June 1966. The prototype... 85 KB (10,006 words) - 13:09, 4 May 2024 |
Thomas Hardy's Wessex, a semi-fictional region of England in the novels of Thomas Hardy Westland Wessex, a helicopter Earl of Wessex, an English title... 2 KB (361 words) - 11:12, 30 June 2023 |
G-ASWI was a Westland Wessex 60, operated by Bristow Helicopters operating between Bacton Gas Terminal, in Norfolk, and Amoco gas platforms in the North... 7 KB (505 words) - 15:12, 16 February 2024 |
Havilland Sea Vixen, and Fairey Gannet fixed-wing aircraft, together with Westland Whirlwind helicopters. The construction cost of Hermes was £18 million... 29 KB (2,760 words) - 09:53, 10 May 2024 |
was the Anti-Submarine Warfare school at RNAS Portland. It operated Westland Wessex HAS.3 rescue helicopters from their land base at RNAS Portland, Dorset... 23 KB (2,445 words) - 16:47, 7 May 2024 |
carry four Westland Wessex helicopters for amphibious operations and anti-submarine protection operating "East of Suez" then four Westland Sea Kings for... 47 KB (5,826 words) - 06:38, 26 April 2024 |
in the 1984–86 television series Riptide, and remains in service. Westland Wessex helicopters portrayed CH-34 Choctaws in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film... 403 KB (44,309 words) - 12:46, 3 May 2024 |
Westland Wessex HAS.1 700Z NAS 1961-63, RNAS Lossiemouth, Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 700V NAS 1963-64, Westland Wessex HU.5 700W NAS 1963-64, Westland Wasp... 12 KB (1,191 words) - 01:58, 8 April 2024 |
advice, a tight fitting, fixed side-hangar for the anti-submarine Westland Wessex helicopter was added on the insistence of the First Sea Lord. While... 40 KB (4,748 words) - 19:56, 29 December 2023 |
from an ex-Ghana Air Force Wessex Mk.53 by Bristow at Redhill. 16 operated from 1965 to 1981. Westland Whirlwind Westland AB-47G-4A Aerospatiale SA-330J... 6 KB (455 words) - 00:33, 7 March 2024 |
transferred to the two carriers), six Hawker Siddeley Harriers, six Westland Wessex helicopters, and four CH-47 Chinook helicopters (18 Squadron RAF);... 27 KB (2,950 words) - 17:06, 5 November 2023 |
Seafire F.XV (1946) Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 (September 1953 - March 1954) Hiller HT.1 (September - October 1953) Westland Wessex HAS.1 (January 1962... 14 KB (1,526 words) - 14:32, 9 April 2024 |
equipped with its first helicopter, the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, later replaced with the Westland Wessex HAS.1. The Wessex HAS.3 was introduced in 1967, providing... 18 KB (1,657 words) - 09:08, 18 April 2024 |