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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 ...
A Rolls-Royce Peregrine-powered Westland Whirlwind. The two aircraft types that used the Peregrine, the Westland Whirlwind and the second prototype of the Gloster F9/37, were twin-engine designs – the prototype F9/37 had used the Bristol Taurus radial engine. [6]
Westland Aircraft was founded in 1935 when Petters Limited split its aircraft manufacturing from its aircraft engine concerns. During the Second World War the company produced military aircraft including the Lysander, the Whirlwind and the Welkin. After the war, the company began to build helicopters under a licensing agreement with Sikorsky ...
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The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) is a multi-purpose piston-engined helicopter that was used by the United States Army and United States Air Force.It was also license-built by Westland Aircraft as the Westland Whirlwind in the United Kingdom.
The T58 had begun bench testing in 1955 [2] and by 1958 had already been used in helicopters and de Havilland were able to test their first engines in a Westland Whirlwind and Wasp helicopters in August 1959 and March 1960 respectively. [3] A free-turbine turboshaft, it was used in helicopters such as the Westland Sea King and Westland Whirlwind.
A Westland Wessex, probably HAS.1 XM837 at the SBAC show Farnborough 1962 On 4 July 1961, the squadron recommissioned at RNAS Culdrose with the Westland Wessex HAS.1 . [ 7 ] The squadron embarked on HMS Ark Royal in November 1961, moving to HMS Centaur in 1964 and provided support against disturbances in Aden and in Tanganyika (now Tanzania).