Westland Wasp.

[dicky j]

Couldn’t believe my eyes! About ten minutes ago at 16.10 looked up and saw a Westland wasp over mersey estuary heading
in a northerly direction. Fantastic to see! Along with another visitor today..Queen Mary2. Any ideas about the Wasp?

[Bravo73]

Could it be this one?

https://navywings.org.uk/portfolio/westland-wasp/

Or, maybe, this one?

https://navywings.org.uk/portfolio/w...-hasmk1-xt435/

[Lordflasheart]

Navy Wings XT420

Probably going to the Ayr Show.

https://navywings.org.uk/flying-programme/

LFH

[PPRuNeUser469990]

it's this one, as the navy wings wasp is currently "unservicable"

Www.flight426.co.uk

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[twinstar_ca]

were both wheels and skids called wasps??

[Nigerian Expat Outlaw]

Originally Posted by twinstar_ca

were both wheels and skids called wasps??

Fitted with skids was a Scout. Queen of the skies !

NEO

[212man]

Originally Posted by Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Fitted with skids was a Scout. Queen of the skies !

NEO

With far more handsome pilots’

[ShyTorque]

Originally Posted by Nigerian Expat Outlaw

Fitted with skids was a Scout. Queen of the skies !

NEO

They might have looked nicer if they’d ever finished the bodywork…

[twinstar_ca]

thanks, NEO... I knew there was a difference in name!!!

[212man]

Originally Posted by ShyTorque

They might have looked nicer if they’d ever finished the bodywork…

of the aircraft or pilots?

[ShyTorque]

Probably both!

[SASless]

It is what turns out when the British try to copy a French design......known as the Alouette III.

[212man]

Originally Posted by SASless

It is what turns out when the British try to copy a French design......known as the Alouette III.

Pretty sure it’s an evolution of the Skeeter, which predates the Alouette

[ericferret]

Originally Posted by SASless

It is what turns out when the British try to copy a French design......known as the Alouette III.

Given that the P531 the prototype for the Scout/Wasp flew the year before the Alouette 3 and there are no airframe similarities you reach an interesting conclusion.
In other news the British were first to land on the moon but we are too modest to tell anyone.

[TURIN]

I had no idea any were still flying. I do know that the Airfix kit was a damn fiddly thing to assemble. 😁

[dicky j]

Thank you very much for your kind replies. Yes it looks as if the Wasp was heading to Ayr show. Nice long flight!

[[email protected]]

Originally Posted by TURIN

I had no idea any were still flying. I do know that the Airfix kit was a damn fiddly thing to assemble. 😁

Quite a few Scouts, not sure about Wasps.

I think the only copying of the design was from a breeze block given its autorotative characteristics

[Flying Foxhunter]

As of today there are three Wasps in the air in the UK , four when Navy Wings get theirs mended....... I am just about to lift off in mine NZ3909 EX-New Zealand Navy to pick up some fuel. It uses about 500lbs an hour. We will all be at Yeovilton then onto Portland for the 60th Anniversary Celebrations, weather permitting

[ericferret]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

Quite a few Scouts, not sure about Wasps.

I think the only copying of the design was from a breeze block given its autorotative characteristics

Watching the Scouts plummeting from the skies at Middle Wallop in the 70's was always an interesting way to pass a gash half hour.

[212man]

Originally Posted by ericferret

Watching the Scouts plummeting from the skies at Middle Wallop in the 70's was always an interesting way to pass a gash half hour.

The series Test Pilot on BBC from 1985 shows them testing the HV curve - very sporty!