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  • Westland Whirlwind

    Whirlwind HAS.7

    1956








    Westland WS-55 Whirlwind powered by Alvis Leonides Major engine and a 3 degree droop of the tail boom for increased main rotor clearance. 120 built for Royal Navy and some used as Commando transports for Royal Marines.
    Early individuals of the HAS.7 were plagued by engine problems, principally with the centrifugal clutch mechanism of the Alvis Leonides Major Mk.155 engine. Failure rates became so high that the type was withdrawn from service for several months while intense work was put into solving the problem. In the meantime the type was grounded between Apr and Nov 1959 and some Units re-equipped with the older HAR.3 until they could be replaced with rectified HAS.7s.





    List of Operators of Westland Whirlwind HAS.7


    From Organisation with model Whirlwind HAS.7
    1952
    united kingdom Westland
        Whirlwind 1952/??
    1953
    united kingdom Fleet Air Arm
        Whirlwind 167 1953/77
    1957
    yugoslavia Ratno Vazdhuhoplovstvo i Protiv Vazdusna
        Whirlwind 34 1957/74
    1980
    united kingdom Newark (Notts & Lincs) Air Museum
        Whirlwind 1 1980/   
    Construction Numbers on database of Whirlwind HAS.7

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    wa251 1958 UK XM660
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    wa270 1959 UK XN258
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    wa275 1959 UK XN263
    wa276 1959 UK XN264
    wa277 1959 UK XN297
    wa278 1959 UK XN298
    wa279 1959 UK XN299
    wa280 1959 UK XN300


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