SOME EXAMPLES OF HELICOPTER SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENTS [Main Title]

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  • Title: SOME EXAMPLES OF HELICOPTER SPECIALIZED DEVELOPMENTS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: 49K 102
  • Other titles: WESTLAND AIRCRAFT FILM COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Promotional film with a technical slant produced by Westland.
  • Description: i. MONO BLOC ROTOR HEAD TESTS: Testing the rotor head. ii. MAIN GEAR BOX TESTING: Testing the gear box mechanism. iii. RESEARCH SCOUT: Handling trials using Westland Scout XP189. iv. YEOVILTON ROTOR RIG: a Westland Lynx is used to test a rotor rig. v. EMERGENCY FLOTATION BAGS: Flotation bags are launched on a stationary Westland Sea King. vi. DITCHING TESTS ROTOR STOPPED - INTITIAL HEADING BEAM TO WAVES: A wooden model of a Lynx is used to test the effectiveness of flotation bags. INTITIAL HEADING HEAD TO WAVES: Lynx model is used again. vii. ROTORS TURNING FORWARD FLIGHT: Model Lynx is used to test the ditching capabilities of the Lynx with propellers turning. viii. DROP TEST VEHICLE ROLLING PLATFORM: Mock airframe model is assessed on rolling platform rig. ix. NAVY LYNX ROLLING PLATFORM: Lynx undergoing handling trials on rolling platform rig at RAE Bedfordshire. x. CULMINATION OF DEVELOPMENT: Army Lynx in the air. xi. SEARCH AND RESCUE: A Deutsche Marine Sea King comes to the aid of a stricken pilot who has been forced to ditch.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (49K 102)
  • Featured Period: 1976-2000
  • Production Date: 1970
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Westland Aircraft Public Relations Department (Sponsor) Westland (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 500 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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    49K 102

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