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The Westland Whirlwind was a British twin-engined fighter developed by Westland Aircraft. A contemporary of the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane , it was the first single-seat, twin-engined, cannon-armed fighter of the Royal Air Force .
Data from Westland Aircraft since 1915 General characteristics Crew: 2 pilots Length: 41 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (12.713 m) Height: 15 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (4.763 m) Empty weight: 5,993 lb (2,718 kg) Max takeoff weight: 7,800 lb (3,538 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Alvis Leonides Major 755 14-cylinder two-row radial engine, 750 hp (560 kW) Main rotor diameter: 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m) Main rotor area: 2,205 sq ft ...
Privately owned ex-military Westland Wasp HAS.1. Westland Lynx helicopters of the Royal Navy Black Cats display team RAF Westland Sea King. WS-51 - Westland Dragonfly; WS-55 - Westland Whirlwind; Westland Widgeon; WG-58 - Westland Wessex; Westland Westminster (1958) – prototype stage only; Westland Scout; Westland Wasp; Westland Sioux; WS-61 ...
781 Naval Air Squadron (781 NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm (FAA) naval air squadron of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy (RN) which disbanded at the end of March 1981. Planned as a Reserve Amphibious Bomber Reconnaissance squadron, it formed as a Communications Unit in March 1940 and operated a large variety of aircraft.
Westland Whirlwind a license-built version of the U.S. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw with British engines. Westland Widgeon a private venture by Westland Aircraft as an improvement on the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly; Westland Westminster (1958) – heavy lift helicopter, private venture to prototype stage only; Westland Wisp Small remote-controlled ...
Arthur Davenport F.R.Ae.S (9 July 1891 [1] – 31 August 1976 [2]) was a British aircraft engineer working for Westland Aircraft in Yeovil, Somerset.. When the Westland Aircraft Works was created by the Petter twins in 1915, Arthur was one of the first draughtsman to be recruited from Petter's Ltd. [3] He was chief designer from 1919, [4] working under the direction of Teddy Petter from May ...
Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), a post-war helicopter based on the Sikorsky S-55 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westland Whirlwind .
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