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The Westland Lysander was a British close co-operation aircraft of the Second World War. It was a high-wing monoplane with external bracing struts for the wings, and was powered by a Bristol radial engine. The aircraft was crewed by two men in an enclosed cabin; the pilot/observer and a gunner/photographer/bomber/wireless operator. The Lysander had a top speed of 230 mph and was armed with two forward facing machine-guns - one in each wheel fairing, operated by the pilot and a rear facing machine-gun operated by the gunner. Eight bombs could be carried in detachable wing racks.
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The Westland Sea King is a British naval helicopter. Development started in the late 1950s under licence of the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Westland initially developed the Sea King as an antisubmarine warfare helicopter (or HAS, Helicopter Anti-Submarine) for the UK Royal Navy.
Sea King is also operational as a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter and as an airborne early warning (AEW) helicopter. The helicopter can carry four torpedoes: either Alliant Techsystems Mark 46, the A244S from Whitehead SpA or the Sting Ray torpedo from Marconi Electronic Systems. The helicopter can also be armed with four Mark 11 depth charges. The helicopter can carry two anti-ship missiles, either Sea Eagle or AM39 Exocet. Sea Eagle is carried by British and Indian Navy Sea Kings. The AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile by Aerospatiale is carried by the Pakistan Navy
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The Westland naval Super Lynx is a rugged British multi-role helicopter for anti-surface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, economic zone and offshore patrol, search and rescue and utility operations. It can carry the Sea Skua anti-ship missile and a range of depth charges, including the Mark 11 depth charges, and torpedoes, including the Mark 44, Mark 46, the A244S and the Stingray torpedoes.
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The Westland Commando is a British utility tactical medium helicopter developed as a land-based version of the Westland Sea King helicopter. The
Westland Commando entered service in 1974 and is powered by two Rolls-Royce Gnome H.1400-1T turboshafts providing a top speed of 226 kmh and a range of 400 km fully laden. The Westland Commando carries a crew of two and up to 28 troops (45 in overload conditions) or nine litters plus two attendants or 6000 lbs of freight carried in the hold or 8000 lbs of freight carried as a slung load. Generally unarmed, provision is made for the mounting of a 20 mm cannon or machine-gun on a pintle in the cabin door and up to 2500 lbs of disposable stores carried on two hard points.
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The Westland Scout is a British utility light helicopter that entered service in 1963. The Westland Scout is powered by a Rolls-Royce Nimbus Mk 101 or Mk 102 turboshaft providing a top speed of 211 km and a range of 505 km. The
Westland Scout carries a crew of one or two and up to three or four passengers or one litter or freight in the rear of the cabin or 1500 lbs of freight carried as a slung load. Two hard points fitted to the sides of the fuselage enable up to 540 lbs of disposable stores to be carried such as 20 mm cannon or machine-gun pods. A naval version is known as the Westland Wasp.
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The Westland Sikorsky S-51 Dragonfly was a British-built version of the Sikorsky S-51 four-seater single-rotor helicopter first licensed in 1947. The Westland Sikorsky S-51 was powered by an Alvis Leonides 521/1 radial engine providing a top speed of 141 kmh and a range of 480 km. Various military and civilian variations were produced with slightly different characteristics including the Westland Sikorsky Dragonfly HR Mk 1 Naval helicopter with an Alvis Leonides 50 engine and the Westland Sikorsky HC Mk 2 casualty evacuation helicopter with an Alvis Leonides 24 engine.
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The Westland Wapiti was a British two-seater general purpose biplane of the Second World War in service from 1928 to 1942. Powered by a Bristol Jupiter XFA radial piston engine the Westland Wapiti had a top speed of 257 kmh and a range of 499 km. Fixed armaments consisted of one 0.303 inch calibre Vickers Mk II fixed forward-firing machine-gun in the upper part of the forward fuselage with synchronisation equipment to allow it to fire through the propeller disc, and one 0.30 inch calibre Lewis Mk III trainable rearward-firing machine-gun in the rear cockpit. Additionally up to 580 lbs of disposable stores were carried on five hard points, one under the fuselage and four under the wings, and consisting of a variety of bombs.
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The Westland Wasp HAS Mk 1 is a British ship borne anti-submarine and anti-ship light helicopter (forming a naval version of the Westland Scout) in service since 1963. The Westland Wasp is powered by a Rolls-Royce Nimbus Mk 503 or 504 turboshaft providing a top speed of 193 kmh and a range of 488 km. The Westland Wasp carries a crew of two and up to four passengers or freight in the rear cabin or 1500 lbs of freight carried as a slung load and up to 540 lbs of disposable stores carried on two hard points on the sides of the fuselage.
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The Welkin I was a British single-seat high-altitude fighter designed to combat possible stratospheric raids by the Luftwaffe over England at heights beyond the range of the then existing fighters, during the Second World War. As the high-altitude raids never materialised, the Welkin I never became operational and only a few were built. The Welkin I was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane of all-metal construction powered by two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines providing a top speed of 616 kmh and a range of about 2400 km. Armaments consisted of four 20 mm Hispano cannons in the fuselage nose.
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The Westland Wessex is an extensive range of American-designed British utility medium helicopter in service since 1961. The Westland Wessex is powered by two Rolls-Royce Gnome Mk 110/111 turboshafts providing a top speed of 212 kmh and a range of 769 km. The Westland Wessex carries a flight crew of two or three and up to 16 troops or eight litters plus two seated casualties and an attendant or 4000 lbs of freight in the cabin or carried as a slung load.
The Westland Wessex Mk 60 was a civilian development of the range, and carried a crew of between one and three plus ten passengers.
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