In my comment about the stripped down S-61 in Sikorsky’ bid on the Army’s’ attack helicopter program I was confused. The confusion came from the designations used for license built Sikorsky helicopters. Can you (anyone) please provide your names for these helicopters built by Westland so as to eliminate confusion from this side of the pond?
S-51. .S-55. .S-58. .S-61
One small point. When I type in Westland my spell checker notes an error and provides “wetland and wasteland” as an alternative. Care to comment?[/QUOTE]
Lu, love the quote about Westland. They had a subsidiary that made up-and-over aluminium garage doors and truly should have stuck to that!
S-51 = Dragonfly
S-55 = Whirlwind Mks 3-10?
S58 = Wessex Mks 1-5
S61 = Sea King
The only really useful thing Westland did was put a turbine into the S-55 (Whirlwind 9 and 10) and twin turbines into the Wessex 5. The installation of a single turbine in the Wessex was obviously just a character-building programme for anti-submarine pilots. The survivors became strong silent embittered men!