Helicopters Collection (page 8)

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Trinity House Service Helicopter on Bishop Rock lighthouse
Trinity House Service Helicopter on top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopters
Two helicopters belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 - helicopters leaving HMS Bulwark
Britains spearhead in Kuwait - men of 42 Marine Commando embarking in helicopters of H.M.S. Bulwark to land in Kuwait in July 1961 in support of the Sheikhs request for reinforcement against

Flettner Fl-282 -first flown in October 1941, only 24 of these helicopters were built, as their main use would have been naval -itself a low priority other than U-Boats

Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during?
Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during a helicopter assault during Exercise Spearhead, where ten helicopters were flown to Germany to reinforce No18 Squadron in their Army support

Metropolitan Police Helicopters
A pair of Metropolitan Police Helicopters. In the foreground is one of the first three Metropolitan Police Bell 222 air support helicopters (G-METC)

Berliner Helicopter 1922
American inventor Henry Berliner, son of helicopter pioneer Emile Berliner, carries on his fathers work and is here seen testing his 1922 model, one of a series

Air sea rescue crew in a helicopter, Cornwall
Air sea rescue crew (left to right: diver, pilot and navigator) in a helicopter, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Trinity House Service Helicopter at Sennen, Cornwall

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue
Crew jackets belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Man in the shadow of a helicopter
Man standing on the ground in the shadow of a helicopter. Date: circa 1965

Sikorsky H-5 -both the US Army Air Force and US Navy were beginning to employ helicopters on rescue duties by wars end

EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP1, ZF641, t?
EH Industries (later AgustaWestland) EH101 PP1, ZF641, the first of nine pre-production helicopters, shortly after its first flight on 9 October 1987

Westland Wessex 60, G-ATCB, of Bristow Helicopters and a?
Westland Wessex 60, G-ATCB, of Bristow Helicopters and a Westland Wessex HU5

Westland Wessex 60, G-ASWI, of Bristow Helicopters

Westland Wessex 60, G-ATCA, of Bristow Helicopters

Two Westland Wessex HU5 helicopters, XS491 and XS523, fr?
Two Westland Wessex HU5 helicopters, XS491 and XS523, from HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent

Pre-production and production Westland Wessex helicopter?
Pre-production and production Westland Wessex helicopters at Yeovil in 1960

Two Westland Wessex helicopters during inflight refuelling

Westland Wessex helicopters on the deck of an aircraft c?
Westland Wessex helicopters on the deck of an aircraft carrier

Helicopters of No646 Naval Air Squadron fly over the fleet in rehearsal prio to the Jubilee Fleet Review by Her Majesty The Queen, June 1977

Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force operated a fleet of six aircraft (c.1974): a Britten-Norman Islander, two Beechcraft Musketeers and three Alouette III helicopters

Four helicopters. From left: Westland Gazelle, Westland Scout AH1, Westland Lynx AH1 and Saro Skeeter

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - Westland
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh (right) is welcomed aboard the Westland 30 by Roy Moxam, Divisional Director, Flight Operations, Westland Helicopters

Kaman helicopters, 1947-1950, from left, K-125, K-190 and K-225. Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Date: 1947

Three Bristol Sycamores (a Mk3 and two Mk3As) of British European Airways inaugurate a scheduled passenger service between Southampton (Eastleigh Airport), London Airport and Northolt

A line-up of Flettner FL282 Kolibri helicopters. This helicopter had two intermeshing rotors and was intended to operate from cruisers for spotting work in anti-submarine patrols

Westland Helicopters brochure

Various helicopters lifting load/jeep/bridge, c.1960s/1970s Date: circa 1970

Raf Rescue Helicopter
A Royal Air Force rescue helicopter lands safely, having rescued several people, including a boy in school uniform and a young man who has lost his trousers! Date: 1960s

New York by Helicopter
A helicopter pilot gets a fine aerial view of New York, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

Napier Gazelle 1, 260 / 2, 000 shp
Napier Gazelle 1, 260/2, 000 shp free turbine engine, cut away view

Helicopter rotor test rig at Napier Luton FDE development running a steeply inclined Gazelle engine

Three pre-production Belvederes flying at RAF Odiham Date: 1958

Gazelle 512 modication of rotational engine to meet requirements

Four pre-production S58 Wessex HAS1 helicopters, three grounded, one hovering

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