A Westland Wessex 5 (the lower helicopter) refuels a Wessex 1 in flight during a demonstration at the 24th Farnborough flying display. The Wessex 5 fed a refueling hose, streamed by a small parachute ...
Manufactured by Fairey Aviation (eventually acquired by Westland Aircraft in 1960)—the same company that produced another famous WWII “flying fish” (so to speak), the Swordfish biplane torpedo ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Westland Lysander IIIa army cooperation/liaison high wing aircraft; bent seagull wing shape with trailing edges ...
Throughout World War 2, the Royal Air Force successfully developed many fighter aircraft to confront the feared Luftwaffe. Still, several fighters were largely forgotten and eclipsed by the powerful ...