Part IV

Westland Helicopters Part V






April 10, 1979: Westland 30 Srs 100 & 100-60 A medium general purpose helicopter aimed at the civil market with military applications, based on Lynx dynamic components with a large volume fuselage
Rotor diameter: 12.8 m
Length: 15.9 m
Weight: 2914 kg - Max.5330
Speed :Max.241 Km/h
Power: 2 Rolls Royce Gem 42-1 turboshafts (1120 hp) or Gem 60 (1260hp)
Acommodation:2 plus 17
No.Built: 40

Westland 30 Srs 200: General Electric CT7-2B engines.
Westland 30 Srs 300: General Electric CT7-2B engines and five bladed BERP Rotor.
Westland 30

Westland 30


June 1980: Westland and Agusta form European Helicopter Industries to manage the design, development and production of a new helicopter. (EH-101)

June 14, 1984: Lynx 3 A Utility helicopter, basically a Lynx with an extended cabin, revised rear fuselage and wheeled landing gear. One prototype/demonstrator was built and flown as a private venture powered with 2 Rolls-Royce Gem 60-1 turboshafts (1,260 hp)

August 9, 1985: First flight of BERP (British Experimental Rotor Programme) composite rotor blades.
Lynx Record


August 11, 1986: Lynx with BERP blades achieves the Absolute World Speed Record for helicopters: 400.87 km/h

October 9, 1987: EH-101 First flight of Pre-production aircraft PP-1. The EH-101 was designed from the outset to be capable of Civil and Military roles without compromise. The aircraft to be designed, developed and marketed jointly by Agusta and Westland working through EHI.
Rotor diameter: 18.59 m
Length: 22.81 m
Weight: Max.14500
Speed :Max.309 Km/h
Power: 3 RTM 322 turboshafts (2,100 hp) or 3 GE CT7-6 turboshafts (2,000 hp)
Range: 1130 Km
Acommodation:3 (ASW), 30 (civil) 24 (Mk3)
No.Built: in production
Merlin HM Mk1 ASW


WS-70 Westland assembled only one Blackhawk as a kit from Sikorsky.

April, 1994: Westland was acquired by GKN to become GKN Westland Helicopters

Sept. 25, 1998: WAH-64 Apache Attack helicopter for the British Army, completed under license from Boeing.
Rotor diameter: 14.6 m
Length: 17.7 m
Weight: 5060 Kg - Max.8000
Speed :Max.283 Km/h
Power: 2 RTM 322 turboshafts (2,100 hp)
Range: 1450 Km (ferry)
Acommodation: Pilot & co-pilot/gunner
No.Built: in production
WAH-64 Apache


February 12, 2001: AgustaWestland formed The completion followed both the agreement drawn up by Finmeccanica SpA of Italy and GKN plc of the UK on July 26 2000 and the subsequent European regulatory approvals. The Joint Venture company is 50% each owned by Finmeccanica and GKN. AgustaWestland is a single European company trading as Agusta SpA in Italy and as Westland Helicopters Ltd in the UK.

2002, Nov 21 : Last delivery of EH101 for UK MoD

2007, Oct 30 : AgustaWestland Future Lynx manufacture Commences

2015, July 12 : Westland 100 years celebration

Contribution:
Although little modified, this timeline was specifically made for Helis.com by GKN-Westland.
Special thanks to Dave Gibbings and Chris Loney






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