Westland Scout
Tampilan
Westland Scout adalah helikopter militer ringan serba guna dikembangkan oleh Westland Helicopters. Helikopter militer ini terkait erat dengan helikopter angkatan laut Wasp Westland.
Kedua Scout dan Wasp ini dikembangkan dari Saunders-Roe P.531, helikopter itu sendiri merupakan pengembangan dari Saunders-Roe Skeeter. Dengan akuisisi Saunders Roe, Westland mengambil alih proyek P.531, yang menjadi prototipe untuk Scout (awalnya bernama Sprite[1]) dan Wasp tersebut.
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Billinge, Dave. "Scout and Wasp: An All British Success" Aviation News Vol 71 No 2, February 2009.
- Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London:Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.
- James, Derek N. Westland Aircraft since 1915. London:Putnam, 1991, ISBN 0-85177-847-X.
- Hay Stevens, James. "Scout and Wasp: Westlands All-British Helicopters", Flight International, 30 July 1964, p183 - 189.
- Wynn, Humphrey. "Army Aviation's New Role: Anti-tank Missile Arm", Flight International, 24 July 1969, p143 - 147.
- Bentley, John. "Through a glass, steadily", Flight International, 4 February 1971, p176 - 177.
- Rodwell, Robert R. "The Army's Airmen", Flight International, 8 February 1968, p183 - 191.
- Rodwell, Robert R. "Ireland - The Border Guard", Flight International, 6 January 1972, p32 - 35
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