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781 Naval Air Squadron (2,574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and two Westland Whirlwind, along with a Hawker Sea Hawk jet day fighter aircraft, for use by the Flag Officer, Air, Home. The Westland Whirlwind of the

737 Naval Air Squadron (2,445 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Squadron which disbanded. It then took on Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 roughly 1 month later. A couple of Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 were added to strength in February

719 Naval Air Squadron (1,219 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Joint Anti-submarine School Flight. It was equipped with three Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopters. From 4 to 14 October 1960, it operated its Whirlwind

706 Naval Air Squadron (1,526 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

September 1953, as an anti-submarine helicopter squadron, flying the Westland Whirlwind HAS.22 ASW helicopter and the Hiller HT.1. In October 1953 it moved

701 Naval Air Squadron (1,962 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lee-on-Solent, as a Helicopter Fleet Requirements Unit. It was equipped with Westland Whirlwind utility helicopter and Westland Dragonfly rescue or communications

Fleet Air Arm Museum (1,334 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wessex HU.5 XS508 Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 XA864 Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 XG574 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 XG594 Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 XL853 The museum

RAF Brawdy (6,394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1963) Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 (May 1963 - Sep 1968) Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 (Dec 1968 - Jan 1971) 784 Naval Air Squadron was a Night Fighter Training

RAF Leconfield (1,571 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Squadron RAF arrived on 9 October 1957 before being re-equipped with the Westland Whirlwind HAR 4 in March 1959 with the HAR 2 version being added in August 1959

Qatar Emiri Air Force (1,418 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with two Westland Whirlwind helicopters. In 1971, it acquired a combat capability when it purchased three ex-RAF Hawker Hunter jet fighters, which remained

RAF Horsham St Faith (1,665 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sycamore HR14 then Westland Whirlwind HAR2, HAR4 & HAR10 No. 275 Squadron RAF detachment (1957–1959): Bristol Sycamore HR14, Westland Whirlwind HAR2 & HAR4 No

RAF Chivenor (2,038 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

operated a Search and Rescue flight at Chivenor from 1956, flying Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex and Westland Sea King helicopters. In a spending

No. 225 Squadron RAF (787 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Mk.IX 1960-1962 Bristol Sycamore HC.14 1960-1962 Westland Whirlwind HC.2 1961-1965 Westland Whirlwind HC.10 225 Squadron aircraft wore two different squadron

Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (4,924 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Air Force. It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom. United States Navy and United States Coast

RAF Warmwell (1,314 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane and Tempest, and the Westland Whirlwind, the first twin-engined heavy fighter for the RAF. Air Sea Rescue Flight RAF, Warmwell

RAF Search and Rescue Force (3,047 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

not have. It was not until the 1960s, with the introduction of the Westland Whirlwind, the Westland Wessex and later the Westland Sea King, that it was

846 Naval Air Squadron (1,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

NAS was reformed in 1962 as a Commando squadron equipped with the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7. It was deployed to Borneo aboard the commando carrier HMS Albion

Fairey Gannet (4,120 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1960s, the Royal Navy transitioned to using helicopters, such as the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, for ASW operations. Accordingly, several Gannets were adapted

No. 22 Squadron RAF (2,500 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

took on the Search and Rescue role with this helicopter until the Westland Whirlwind replaced it in June 1955. The squadron performed military search and

No. 32 Squadron RAF (3,183 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

variety of aircraft, including Hawker Siddeley Andover CC.2s and Westland Whirlwind HC.10 helicopters. 32 Squadron acquired four Hawker Siddeley HS.125

No. 84 Squadron RAF (3,470 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

January 1972 from 1563 Flight and a detachment from 230 Squadron with Westland Whirlwind HAR.10s assigned to British Forces Cyprus at RAF Akrotiri, with a

RAF Odiham (1,915 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

re-equipped with Bristol Belvedere helicopters in 1961 and then with Westland Whirlwind helicopters in 1964. The Westland helicopters were joined by the Aérospatiale

RAF Manston (3,433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rescue (SAR) flight from No. 22 Squadron RAF from 1961, operating Westland Whirlwind aircraft. The flight was withdrawn in 1969, but the outcry led to

List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm (763 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(retired). 18" Mark 30 torpedo – Carried by the Fairey Gannet and Westland Whirlwind helicopter (retired). British 18-inch torpedo Mark XVII – Carried

RAF Zeals (960 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Bellows) Squadron RAF between 19 June and 12 July 1943 with the Westland Whirlwind I No. 421 Squadron RCAF between 1 and 14 November 1942 with the Spitfire

Ghana Air Force (1,147 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

bought for mosquito spraying plus DH Doves and Herons. British-made Westland Whirlwind helicopters and a squadron of Italian-made MB-326 ground attack/trainer

List of aircraft (W) (6,274 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

(fixed wing). Westland Westbury Westland Westminster Westland Whirlwind (fixed wing) Westland Whirlwind (helicopter) Westland Widgeon (fixed wing) Westland

Royal Brunei Air Force (3,379 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British pilots from the Royal Air Force (RAF) operating three RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopters. In 1967, the unit was renamed as the Helicopter Platoon

RAF Leuchars (2,843 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gloster Javelin FAW.9s. Leuchars' air-sea rescue services upgraded to Westland Whirlwind helicopters in 1964. The University Air Squadron was equipped with

List of aircraft at the Royal Air Force Museum London (261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

I LB264 Westland Belvedere HC.1 XG474 Code: O Westland Gazelle HT.3 XW855 Westland Wessex HCC.4 XV732 Royal Transport Westland Whirlwind HAR 10 XP299

No. 28 Squadron RAF (3,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1968 at Kai Tak from a detachment of No. 103 Squadron RAF operating Westland Whirlwind HC 10s. The Westland Wessex HC.2 was introduced to the squadron from

John Carver Meadows Frost (2,454 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

companies. In 1937, Frost had designed the fuselage of the new Westland Whirlwind fighter. At Blackburn, he had been involved with the design and construction

HMS Sultan (shore establishment) (2,817 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Hoverfly, Saunders-Roe Skeeter 3, Westland WS-51 Dragonfly, Hiller HT.1, Westland Whirlwind staying until 1 November 1955 706 Naval Air Squadron between 7 September

RAF Boulmer (2,307 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

until 30 September 2015. Initially the station was equipped with Westland Whirlwind helicopters; however, in December 1978 the station was re-equipped

List of carrier-based aircraft (1,351 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

carrier List of submarine-borne aircraft 1 evaluated as carrier based fighter Two operated from USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Ranger (CV-4). The first

1954 in aviation (5,588 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Air Force. Vought F7U Cutlass with United States Navy Fighter Squadron 81 (VF-81) Westland Whirlwind with 848 Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's Fleet

Nigerian Air Force (4,312 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

trainers. Other aircraft included six C-47, 20 Do-27/28, and eight Westland Whirlwind and Alouette II helicopters. During the 1970s, Nigeria bought Lockheed

Supermarine Scimitar (2,871 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

through the canopy and despite the best efforts of the crew of the Westland Whirlwind planeguard helicopter to rescue him, Russell drowned as his Scimitar

RAF Finningley (4,431 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

administrative home of the two squadrons with their bright yellow painted Westland Whirlwind HAR.10, Westland Sea King HAR.3 and Westland Wessex HAR.2 helicopters

RAF Thorney Island (2,370 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a Search and Rescue flight of No. 22 Squadron RAF equipped with Westland Whirlwind helicopters were posted to Thorney Island. These remained at the airfield

HMS Ocean (R68) (1,237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Suez crisis. In the first ever large-scale helicopter borne assault, Westland Whirlwind and Bristol Sycamore helicopters from Ocean and HMS Theseus landed

List of aircraft (Br–Bz) (5,768 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1930 monoplane (G.N. Butterworth, West Kingston, RI) Butterworth Westland Whirlwind II (Gerald Büttner - Obernkirchen, Obernkirchen, Germany) Büttner

List of aircraft at the Imperial War Museum Duxford (320 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Duxford Aviation Society: Aircraft Listed Below Are Airworthy with (The Fighter Collection & Comanche Warbirds Ltd) 1st Part Hanger 2nd Part Hanger Various

RAF Andover (6,346 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

roles, was based at the station from 1958 to 1959. The unit used Westland Whirlwind helicopters and was disbanded at the end of 1959 to form No. 225 Squadron

1938 in aviation (6,662 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

October 4 – Dornier Do 217 October 11 Blohm & Voss BV 142 Curtiss CW-21 Westland Whirlwind prototype L6844 October 14 Curtiss Model 75P, later redesignated XP-40

Royal Jordanian Air Force (4,509 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brittan Norman Islander; CASA 212 and 235, with a helicopter flight of Westland Whirlwind; Widgeon; Scout and Alouette III. The Squadron belongs to the Air

1953 in aviation (7,768 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Monitor III June 19 – Piaggio P.149 July 3 – North American FJ-3 Fury Westland Whirlwind August 1 – SNCASE Baroudeur Lualdi-Tassotti ES 53 Mooney M20 September

RAF Northolt (6,127 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

role during the Battle of Britain, when fighters from several of its units, including No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron, engaged enemy aircraft as part

Aircraft in fiction (44,187 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas & Friends is based on the Sikorsky S-55, built in the UK as the Westland Whirlwind. The Sikorsky S-55 appeared in Irwin Allen's 1960 film, The Lost World

RAF Gütersloh (933 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Reconnaissance Group in late April. Also the P-38 Lightning-equipped 370th Fighter Group operated from Gütersloh until the German capitulation on 8 May 1945

Republic of Singapore Air Force (7,483 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rotary-wing RAF aircraft such as the Bristol Belvedere, Westland Wessex and Westland Whirlwind. Eight Cessna 172K aircraft—the SADC's first—arrived in May 1969 to

RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) (4,213 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

coastguard helicopter). It flew a couple of different helicopter types: Westland Whirlwind HAR.9 (November 1972 - March 1977) Westland Wessex HU.5 (April 1977

List of rotorcraft (1,883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Westland Scout Westland Wasp Westland Wessex Westland Westminster Westland Whirlwind Westland Widgeon Windspire Aeros Winner B150 Wombat Gyrocopters Wombat

List of Air Ministry specifications (3,305 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for. This in turn led to the specification itself, e.g. a two-engined fighter with four machine guns. So for example, OR.40 for a heavy bomber led to

Exercise Strikeback (4,291 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

AEW.1 Helicopters: 845 Naval Air Squadron, Westland Whirlwind: 24 September 1957 – An F4D Skyray jet fighter crashed into the sea while attempting to land

Central Flying School (2,456 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with the more modern Westland Gazelle HT.2s. During the 1970s the Westland Whirlwind HAR.10s were also used and the School had a detachment at RAF Valley

JHC FS Aldergrove (2,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Anson T.21, de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk T.10, Sycamore HR.14, Westland Whirlwind HAR.4 & 2. No. 1913 Light Liaison Flight of No. 651 Squadron RAF between

Brazilian Naval Aviation (12,504 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

planes (used to train maneuvers on deck, not for flying) and three Westland Whirlwind S-55 Srs.1 helicopters and six Bell HTL-5 (mod. 47D) disassembled

HMS Hermes (R12) (2,760 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Havilland Sea Vixen, and Fairey Gannet fixed-wing aircraft, together with Westland Whirlwind helicopters. The construction cost of Hermes was £18 million, with

HMS Warrior (R31) (2,902 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

hydrogen bomb tests, as the headquarters ship embarking a flight of Westland Whirlwind helicopters and Grumman Avenger AS4 aircraft to collect air samples

List of accidents and incidents involving the English Electric Lightning (3,025 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

00N, 1'30".00W, pilot successfully ejected and was recovered by a Westland Whirlwind (helicopter) of No. 202 Squadron RAF 13 September 1967 – Royal Air

Rolls-Royce Merlin (11,003 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

As a result, the Peregrine saw use in only two aircraft: the Westland Whirlwind fighter and one of the Gloster F.9/37 prototypes. The Vulture was fitted

Supermarine Spitfire operational history (17,917 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

With the change to offensive tactics the Spitfire, Hurricane and new Westland Whirlwind units found themselves facing the same disadvantages over France as

RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin) (6,563 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

overhauled as well as early helicopters such as the Westland Dragonfly and Westland Whirlwind. The final aircraft to be reconditioned at Donibristle was a Douglas

HMS Victorious (R38) (6,048 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

the newly commissioned aircraft carrier was to ferry Hawker Hurricane fighters to Malta. 48 crated Hurricanes were loaded aboard Victorious at Rosyth

HMS Centaur (R06) (4,066 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

FGA6s of 801 Squadron, eight Sea Venom FAW22s of 891 Squadron, eight Westland Whirlwind HS7s of 845 Squadron and four Douglas Skyraider AEW1s of D Flight

Manston Airport (5,460 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

rescue (SAR) flight from No. 22 Squadron RAF from 1961, operating Westland Whirlwind HAR.2/HAR.10 aircraft. The flight was withdrawn in 1969, but an outcry

RAF Lossiemouth (9,652 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during that time aircraft temporarily operated from Milltown. The Naval Air Fighter and Strike Training School transferred to the station in 1953 and over

World Aircraft Information Files (396 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sunderland 255 Sikorsky Sea King/Westland Sea King 256 Sikorsky H-19/Westland Whirlwind 257 Sikorsky S-58 258 Sikorsky H-53 259 Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk/Seahawk

Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba (5,152 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British pilots from the Royal Air Force (RAF), operating three RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopters, thereby signifying the start of military aviation in

List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–1959) (52,845 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

efforts of plane guard crewman Lt. R. A. Duxbury from the rescue Westland Whirlwind. Members of the press had been invited along to watch 803 Squadron

Landing Craft Assault (17,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

initial assault had been seaborne, their follow on build-up arrived by Westland Whirlwind helicopter. The great success of this, the first helicopter-borne

List of civil aircraft (17,172 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Wessex utility helicopter Westland Wessex and IV trimotor airliners Westland Whirlwind helicopter Westland Widgeon two-seat single-engine ultralight monoplane

British European Airways (20,977 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during its approach to RAF Gatow with a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter which had been flying dangerously close while performing aerobatics in

December 1967 (13,229 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

members of the squadron, when one of the Flight's helicopters, a Westland Whirlwind, lost a rotor blade while flying from RAF Benson to the Westland factory

Embarked aviation issue (6,294 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gerais brought on board six Bell HTL-5 helicopters (47D mod.), three Westland Whirlwind and three Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft. TBF Avengers were second hand