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Bristol Aircraft Helicopter Division
In 1960, Westland acquired the helicopter division
of the Bristol Aircraft Company, which was based
at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. The helicopter division
was led by the rotorcraft pioneer Raoul Hafner and since
its foundation in 1944 had been responsible for the Sycamore
and Belvedere helicopters.
Having acquired Bristol, Westland became responsible
for support of the Sycamore and completion of Belvedere
development and production.
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" Bristol Type 171 Sycamore "
A light general purpose helicopter, which entered service with
the Royal Air force...
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" The Fairey Type Y, Rotodyne "
The Rotodyne was a large convertiplane research vehicle...
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" Bristol Type 192 Belvedere HC MK 1 "
The Belvedere was a large twin rotor transport helicopter,
which entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1961...
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| 1960 May |
Westland Helicopters
Having
absorbed all the major helicopter interests in the UK, Westland
continued to manufacture their own and the other company products
under the Westland name. This entailed re-organisation of the
firms facilities, with full airframe development manufacture taking
place at Hayes (Fairey Division) and Yeovil.
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| 1960 | 1962 |
" Scout AH MK 1 "
A five seat general purpose helicopter...
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" WS-58 Wessex HC MK 2, HCC MK 4 & HU MK 5 "
A general purpose transport variant of the Wessex Mk 1...
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| 1962 |
" Wasp HAS MK 1 "
The Wasp was developed to meet the Royal Navy's requirement...
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" Westland Sioux AH MK 1, HT MK 2 & HT MK 3 "
A three seat general-purpose helicopter and trainer...
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| 1965 | 1966 |
" WS-58 Wessex HAS MK 3 "
The Wessex MK 3 represented a substantial rework of the basic
aircraft...
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Westland Helicopters Limited
The company was officially re-named on
1st October 1966.
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| 1967 |
" Sea King "
Westland undertook to build the Sikorsky SH-3D under licence as
the Sea King.
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The Anglo-French Helicopter Agreement
In the mid 1960s there was a British forces requirement
for a range of new helicopters, which was met by collaboration
with the French company, Aerospatiale to produce three new
designs, Puma, Gazelle and Lynx. Westland were to take design
leadership for the Lynx, while Aerospatiale were to be responsible
for Puma and Gazelle. Both companies were to take part in
the development and manufacture of all the aircraft.
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| 1968 | 1970 |
" Puma HC MK 1 "
The First of the three designs which comprised the Package Deal...
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" Gazelle AH MK 1, HT MK 2 & HT MK 3 "
The Aerospatiale Gazelle was included in the Package Deal...
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| 1971 | 1972 |
" WG 13 Lynx "
The Lynx was the third of the trio of helicopters involved in
the collaborative deal...
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" Lynx AH MK 1 & 7 "
The Army variant of the Lynx was designed to provide a Utility
transport and Anti-tank helicopter...
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| 1972 |
" Lynx HAS MK 2 & 3 "
The maritime variant of the Lynx was designed to provide a small
ships helicopter for the Royal Navy...
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" Sea King HAR MK 3, MK 41, 43
& 48 "
The Search and Rescue Sea King proved to be an ideal helicopter
for the use in the Search and Rescue role...
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