Del'd: 1 - 1956 to 1968

Sikorsky S-58 H-34
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united kingdom Westland






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 scrapped 1968 hss-1 1956 G-17-1 Wessex Reg Westlands as WS-58 Wessex prototype G-17-1 for initial flight trials from Fl...
XL722 Ex USN 141602. Delivered by sea, re-assembled at the dockside and flown to Yeovi...
US Navy 141602: Sikorsky HSS-1, cn 58-265, ff:?; del USN as HSS-1, 1416...







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