Westland Lynx Aircraft

Lynx 3, Weston-super-Mare

Production Details

Design Company:

Westland Aircraft Limited with Aerospatiale of France

First Flight:

21 March 1971

Development Aircraft:

13 - Westland

Lynx AH.1:

113 - Westland

Lynx HAS.2:

86 - Westland

Lynx HAS.3:

30 - Westland

Lynx 4:

14 - Westland

Lynx AH.5:

5 - Westland

Lynx AH.7:

10 - Westland

Lynx 9:

16 - Westland

Export Lynx:

174 - Westland

Lynx Demonstrator:

3 - Westland

Type Specification

Applies to:

Westland Lynx HAS.2

Type:

All-weather anti-submarine search and strike helicopter

Rotor System:

Four blade main rotor, four blade tail rotor

Fuselage:

All metal semi-monocoque fuselage

Landing Gear:

Three seperate legs, one at frout of fuselage with two wheels and two at rear on stub wings with single wheels

Power Plant:

Two 900 shp Rolls-Royce Gem 2 Mk.100 shaft turbines mounted aft of rotor head

Accommodation:

Basic crew of two with cabin behind

Armament:

Two Sea Skua or A.S.12 air-to-surface missiles or two torpedos

Rotor Diameter:

42 ft

Length:

49 ft 9 in

Height:

11 ft 5 in

Empty:

6,040 lb

Loaded:

10,500 lb

Max Speed:

144 mph

Ceiling:

8,450 ft

Range:

418 miles

Preserved in British Museums

Lynx 00-05:

XW839 - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare - Display

Lynx AH.1:

XX153 - Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop - Display

Lynx HAS.2:

XX910 - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare - Display

Lynx HAS.3:

XZ699 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Stored

Lynx 3:

ZE477 - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare - Display

Lynx 800:

G-LYNX - The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare - Display

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