westland helicopters

  1. Caravellarella

    Sikorsky S-61 prototypes, projects and license builds

    Dear Boys and Girls, here is a picture with a caption in French of what I believe to be the Sikorsky S-61N full-size mock-up brought to the 1959 Paris Salon; it shows an aerodynamic saucer-shaped fairing covering the main rotor hub. The accompanying article describes the Sikorsky S-61N as being...
  2. Mike Pryce

    Westland Aircraft & Rotorcraft : Secret Projects & Cutting Edge technology

    https://www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15817/westland-aircraft-rotorcraft-secret-projects-cutting-edge-technology
    • Mike Pryce
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    • british army civil aviation cold war great britain royal air force royal navy westland aircraft limited westland helicopters
    • Replies: 63
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  3. RP1

    Westland Drone Projects

    I had a quick search after the mention in my artwork thread and it seems we don't have a specific thread on them, so this is for Westland drone (RPV) projects. Most interesting is possibly WG.25, which seems to have come tantilisingly close to deployment. The demonstrator "Mote": Aviastar...
    • RP1
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    • british army cold war great britain royal air force royal navy united kingdom westland helicopters
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. uk 75

    Saunders Roe Hovercraft Aircraft Carrier

    On page 241 of "The Decline of British Seapower" by Desmond Wettern, the then Minister of Aviation (Julian Amery) told a Business Dinner on 9 September 1964 that the Government were considering building an ocean-going "hovership" for the RN. His Ministry and the MOD would make preliminary...
    • uk 75
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    • cold war fleet air arm great britain hovercraft hoverfrigate ministry of defence nuclear powered vessels royal navy saunders-roe surface effect ship westland helicopters
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    Westland VTOL convertiplane projects

    Flying Review International, July 1970
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