The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seater strike aircraft in service with the Fleet Air Arm from 1954 to 1958. The Westland Wyvern was powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Python A.S.P.3 turboprop providing a top speed of 616 kmh and a range of 1455 km. Armaments consisted of four 20 mm cannons and 3000 lbs of disposable stores, comprising bombs or torpedoes. Westland Wyvern aircraft saw action against Egyptian forces in 1956 during the Suez crisis. Research Westland Wyvern
In heraldry, a wyvern (or wivern) is a device representing a monster whose fore part is that of a dragon with legs and wings, and the hinder part is in the form of a serpent with a barbed tail. Research Wyvern
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