I learned today that Sud-Aviation performed a turbine conversion of two S-58s in 1962, and they look even less elegant than the Wessex with two ugly big pipes protruding at right-angles from the extreme nose:
According to a later Flight report, first flight was 5th October 1962. Has anyone seen any pictures of them in-flight?
Their main contribution to history seems to have been in persuading Sud to develop the SA.330 instead.
Thanks!
By: heli1 - 30th March 2017 at 16:49
Hi .There is a large scale model from Sud Aviation in The Helicopter Museum. The S-58 was used in some numbers during the Algerian War and a turbine conversion made sense at the time. Only the prototype conversions were carried out though.
By: Cherry Ripe - 26th March 2017 at 11:11
Not in-flight but a better view.
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