Westland Wessex

Yup, Choctaw

Unless it’s ex US Navy then it’s a Seabat or ex USMC would make it a Seahorse.

Anyone know what the film is about or what it’s called? Great shame they couldn’t have used a real Wessex.

Yup, Choctaw

So basically…. an H-34 😉

I think you got the wrong end of the stick.

‘Is anyone here ever going to learn about helicopters?’ followed by smilies, I took as tongue in cheek.

Very perceptive, thanks. 🙂 🙂
92fis, I don’t rant…..except tongue in cheek.

I’ll have to keep the whole lot of you after school for helicopter ID and appreciation lessons.

Nope, think the last one soldiered on until a few years back, they were popular with them.

Are Wessex component numbers not prefixed with S-58?

Most Wessex parts I used were 26WX Indeed the nose door deicing o’ring part number is 26WX 6773. Odd the things you remember 😀 the Puma one was 526MM 0505059 LOL ahhh mispent youth 😉

Are the 6 from the Uruguayan Navy still in use?

This is being used in a film to represent a Wessex,hence the colour scheme

Payback for the Wessex’s used in ‘Full Metal Jacket’ pretending to be US Marine Corp S-58.

BTW:Are any civil Wessexes flying in the UK? Was the S-58 ever approved by the CAA (perhaps under a reciprocal agreement)?

There are currently two Wessex on the UK register – G-BYRC and G-AWXX – however I don’t know there current status there certainly have been more in the past.

There were a number of S-58s on the British register in the 70s.

e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/3279097115/

92fis, I wouldnt know a S-58 if it bit me on the harris:D

I think you got the wrong end of the stick.

‘Is anyone here ever going to learn about helicopters?’ followed by smilies, I took as tongue in cheek.

Maybe, but I had already worked out it was a S-58 in post no.5 so there wasn’t really any point in posting what looked like a rant! Smilies were so small on my phone so I didn’t really take to much notice of them anyway.

It was me that said Wessex as I was driving at the time that I saw it and looked to be in a Wessex scheme. So not sure why you got so worked up about it?

I think you got the wrong end of the stick.

‘Is anyone here ever going to learn about helicopters?’ followed by smilies, I took as tongue in cheek.

Are Wessex component numbers not prefixed with S-58? I know some Seaking ones have S-61

Westland can use whatever part numbers it wishes….and I’m sure more than a few parts are interchangeable, (mechanically, if not legally) but the fact remains that a Wessex isn’t covered under the FAA type certificate…which is why we don’t see any flying in the U.S. (If it were, we might see some in use as heavy lift machines like the S-58T conversions). Likewise , the CAA does not consider a S-58 a Wessex or vice versa.

BTW:Are any civil Wessexes flying in the UK? Was the S-58 ever approved by the CAA (perhaps under a reciprocal agreement)?

I’m not worked up over anything, just trying to inform.
A Wessex is no more a S-58 than a HA-1112 is a Bf-109. If someone had made THAT error, it would have been corrected. Same thing.

Are Wessex component numbers not prefixed with S-58? I know some Seaking ones have S-61

How about Choctaw?

It was me that said Wessex as I was driving at the time that I saw it and looked to be in a Wessex scheme. So not sure why you got so worked up about it?

I’m not worked up over anything, just trying to inform.
A Wessex is no more a S-58 than a HA-1112 is a Bf-109. If someone had made THAT error, it would have been corrected. Same thing.

This is being used in a film to represent a Wessex,hence the colour scheme.

This is being used in a film to represent a Wessex,hence the colour scheme.

Your YouTube clip shows an S-58T which is a turbine conversion of a Sikorsky H-34.

What type of helo is this. Good shot at 2:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IxU7Q4eoE

Which means it’s NOT a Wessex, rather a Sikorsky S-58. No Wessex ever had a piston engine.
If it’s ex-Belgium, it would be an ex-Sabena example…a civil S-58C to be exact.

Is anyone here ever going to learn about helicopters? 🙂 🙂

It was me that said Wessex as I was driving at the time that I saw it and looked to be in a Wessex scheme. So not sure why you got so worked up about it?