Westland Helicopters Into the Eighties

A Westland Aircraft promotional film showing a complete range of successful helicopters, able to cope with world conditions in the eighties and beyond.

[@johnburnett8297]

Worked on Lynx and Gazelle for 20 years in the British Army, almost choked on my tea when they said Lynx was easy to maintain. Army Lynx Mk1 was a nightmare it took about 10 years of upgrades to make the eventual Lynx Mk 7 a good helicopter , also Gazelle needed a major engine upgrade to make it a great helicopter.

[@jasee5198]

Great video to see the magnificent sea king on the product line.

[@RichieRouge206]

What a great video!

[@BritishHelicoptersHistory]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it & thanks for watching

[@jamieshields9521]

It’s sad that Australia didn’t buy Lynx at least would have been better buy then billion dollars waste of Sea Sprite.

[@dkoz8321]

Australia is closer to USA then to UK. Geopolitically, economically, as well as physically.