the Wessex was the first helicopter in the world to be produced in large numbers that made use of a gas turbine propulsion system. The British chopper also had a slightly longer nose than its ...
A Wessex helicopter which was used to rescue injured servicemen during the Falklands conflict is to have a new role as a cafe at a Shropshire paintball Centre. The aircraft was bought for £5,000 ...
The ship’s team helped minimize the impact of the missile, which struck the hangar - destroying the fully-fuelled and armed Wessex helicopter. with the tragic consequences of fourteen sailors ...
On the night of Jan. 29, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines passenger jet over the Potomac River in Washington, killing all 67 people on both aircraft. To analyze ...
On the evening of Jan. 29, a military helicopter crashed into a commercial passenger plane that was attempting to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The two aircraft fell into the ...
A preliminary analysis of the flight data and voice recorder on board a Black Hawk helicopter leading up to the collision with a commercial flight over Washington, DC, on January 29, indicated the ...
The Westland Wessex was retired in 2003, while the Puma and CH-47 Chinook are still in use. The MoD pointed to previous helicopter tests carried out on behalf of the RAF that didn't show any ...