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sikorsky s-58 H-34

in united kingdom westland


Del'd: 1 - 1956 to 1968


   
   

History of this Model in this Organisation:

1 S-58 bought by Westland to help speed the Wessex development programme for the UK Royal Navy. Replaced the US 1525hp Wright R-1820-84 piston engine with a 1250hp single Napier Gazelle turbine as basis for the Wessex HAS.1.

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    58-265 1956     XL722: Ex USN 141602. Delivered by sea, re-assembled at the dockside and flown to Yeovil 24 Jun 1956 as G-17-1. XL722 in Jul 1956. To A&AEE Boscombe Down, then Lee-on-Solent. Re-engined with Napier Gazelle 11 and f/f in this configuration 17 May 1957. Re-engined with 1450shp Napier Gazelle 13 in Sep 1957. To instructional airframe A2514. Scrapped by Staravia, Ascot by 1968.


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