page_title: Saunders-Roe Skeeter
section_title: Surviving aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Saunders-Roe Skeeter / Surviving aircraft
caption_attribution_description: This photo was taken during Automotive Wikiexpedition 2016 set up by Wikimedia Polska Association. You can see all photographs in category Wikiekspedycja motoryzacyjna 2016. English&#160;| Polski&#160;| +/− Śmigłowiec Saunders-Roe Skeeter w Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie
context_page_description: The Saunders-Roe Skeeter was a two-seat training and scout helicopter that was developed and produced by British manufacturer Saunders-Roe of Cowes and Southampton, in the United Kingdom.
  Work on what would become the Skeeter had been commenced by the Cierva Autogiro Company as the Cierva W.14. Following Saunders-Roe's takeover of Cierva, it was decided to continue its projects, including the Skeeter. Despite an initial preference for the rival Fairey Ultra-light Helicopter, which had already been ordered, there was a reversal of fortune with interest from the Bundeswehr in the potential procurement of a large number of Skeeters. This led to the British order for the Ultra-light Helicopter being cancelled and the Skeeter effectively taking its place, which also served to guarantee an export order from Germany.
  During the late 1950s, the Skeeter entered service with the British Army Air Corps, the German Navy, and the German Army. It has the distinction of being the first helicopter to be used by the Army Air Corps.
context_section_description: Germany
  XN348 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Hubschraubermuseum Bückeburg in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony.
  Poland
  XL767 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków, Lesser Poland.
  United Kingdom
  XL739 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Norfolk Tank Museum in Forncett, Norfolk.
  XL762 – Skeeter AOP.12 in storage at the National Museum of Flight in East Fortune, East Lothian.
  XL764 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at Newark Air Museum in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire.
  XL770 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Solent Sky Museum in Southampton, Hampshire.
  XL811 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset.
  XL813 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Army Flying Museum in Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
  XM553 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, York.
  XM555 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museums in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
  XN344 – Skeeter AOP.12 on static display at the Science Museum, London in London.
  S2/5081 – Skeeter 8 on static display at the Solent Sky Museum in Southampton, Hampshire.
caption: Skeeter on display at the Polish Aviation Museum
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