History
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Westland produced version of the Agusta Bell 47G, primarily for the Army Air Corps, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force.
3 seat observation and basic training machine, with large forward plexiglass bubble canopy and a skeletal, triangular section tail boom with a small ventral fillet. Powered by a single Lycoming piston engine, fed with fuel from two high level mounted external tanks and driving a 2 bladed single rotor with short inertial stabilising minor blades.
Built at the Old Mixon (Weston-super-Mare) and Hayes (Middlesex) factories, with the first Westland model flying on 9 Mar 1965.
Specifications
| Capacity | 1 + 2 |
|---|---|
| Length (m) | 13.26 |
| Height (m) | 2.85 |
| Blades | 2 |
| Rotor diam. (m) | 11.33 |
| Disc area (m2) | 100.8 |
Operators
| 1965-1975 |  Royal Marines |
| 1965-1978 | Army Air Corps |
| 1966-1982 | Royal Air Force |