Westland Wessex
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The Westland Wessex is an early turbine-powered helicopter produced by the British rotorcraft specialist Westland Aircraft. It was an under licence development of the piston-engined Sikorsky S-58.
Former Royal Navy Wessex HU.5 of the Historic Helicopters Collection, in 2022
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A pair of Royal Navy Wessex helicopters on the flight deck of HMS Intrepid, 1968
Wessex of the Royal Navy, 1980
Rolls-Royce Gnome
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The Rolls-Royce Gnome is a British turboshaft engine originally developed by the de Havilland Engine Company as a licence-built General Electric T58, an American mid-1950s design. The Gnome came to Ro
Westland Wessex
…the piston-engine powerplant with a turboshaft engine; while early models were powered by a single Napier Gazelle engine, later builds used a pair of de Havilland Gnome engines. The use of a turboshaft engine was credited with increasing payload capacity while reducing both vibration and noise levels. The Wessex was…
Rolls-Royce Gnome at the Imperial War Museum Duxford