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Uno de los 2 en vuelo operados por la "Royal Navy Historic Flight¨ que por desgracia no pudo volar ese dia por motivos técnicos.
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Este ejemplar fue usado principalmente para pruebas. Sistema de catapultaje desde cubierta y manejo de los tanques de combustible lanzables.
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A bordo del HMS Endurance en la primera visita de un buque de la Royal Navy a Buenos Aires despues de la Guerra de las Malvinas.
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XN964 was built by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd at Brough, North Humberside and first flew 21St July 1963. It saw service with 801 squadron onboard the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious before joining the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Bedford. It was transferred to the Royal Radar Establishment in June 1972 and dismantled in October 1976 for use as a ground instructional airframe.
Currently enjoying a fresh coat of paint at the excellent Newark Air Museum
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The Westland Wessex was a turbine-powered version of the Sikorsky S-58, developed under licence for the Royal Navy and later the RAF. The aircraft was used initially in 1962 as a troop carrier (the HC2), and shortly thereafter as the HAR2 in the search and rescue role. Moreover, two machines were converted to HCC4 standard for VVIP duties with the Queen’s Flight. As a measure of its longevity in service, the Wessex was one of the RAF’s main transport helicopters from 1962 until the final unit, No 84 Squadron, retired its aircraft at RAF Akrotiri in January 2003 a total of some 40 years.
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Nunca habia fotografiado un Lynx, hasta que fui al Tatoo.
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Adquirido como G-ARKU en 1961, forma parte de un lote de cuatro aviones similares comprados por Royal Navy a compañías civiles en ese año y que prestaron servicio con esta singular librea hasta finales de los 80. Conocidos como Sea Heron C.Mk.20, su cometido era utilitario (enlace y transporte, vigilancia de costas, etc) y volvieron a la vida civil al retirarlos del servicio. Este concretamente (c.n 14072) pasó a registrarse como G-ORSJ y tuvo varios registros posteriores hasta que se dio de baja de una línea australiana como VH-NJP en 2003. Hoy parece que se conserva con esa procedencia en el Museo de Al Mahatta de los EAU, situado en la antigua base de la RAF de Sharjah, aunque pintado con la matricula G-ANFE falsa, pretendiendo ser un superviviente de la Gulf Aviation. (Archivo original colección Juan Arráez).
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Derivado del S-58 norteamericano el Wessex fue utilizado por la Royal Navy en los años sesenta como helicóptero anisubmarino. Detrás pude verse el cohete Vostok utilizado como lanzador en diversas misiones espaciales soviéticas.
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