page_title: Westland Wessex
section_title: Aircraft on display
hierarchical_section_title: Westland Wessex / Aircraft on display
caption_attribution_description: English: A former Royal Australian Navy Westland Wessex helicopter on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum
context_page_description: The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34. It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft. One of the main changes from Sikorsky's H-34 was the replacement of the piston-engine powerplant with a turboshaft engine. Early models were powered by a single Napier Gazelle engine, while later builds used a pair of de Havilland Gnome engines.
  The Wessex was initially produced for the Royal Navy and later for the Royal Air Force; a limited number of civilian aircraft were also produced, as well as some export sales. The Wessex operated as an anti-submarine warfare and utility helicopter; it is perhaps best recognised for its use as a search and rescue helicopter. The type entered operational service in 1961, and had a service life in excess of 40 years before being retired in Britain.
context_section_description: Australia
  N7-202 – HAS.31 on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum in Darwin, Northern Territory.
  N7-203 – HAS.31B on display at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Parkes, New South Wales.
  N7-204 – HAS.31B on display at the Australian National Aviation Museum in Melbourne.
  N7-214 – HAS.31B on display at the Australian Aviation Heritage Centre (Qld) in Caboolture, Queensland.
  N7-216 – On display at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
  N7-217 – HAS.31A on display at the Queensland Air Museum in Caloundra Airport, Queensland.
  N7-221 – On display at the National Vietnam Veterans Museum in Newhaven, Victoria.
  N7-222 – HAS.31B on display at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Albion Park Rail, New South Wales.
  N7-224 – HAS.31B on display at the South Australian Aviation Museum in Port Adelaide, South Australia.
  N7-226 – HAS.31 on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra, New South Wales.
  Germany
  XR527 – HC.2 on display at Flugausstellung Hermeskeil in Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate.
  XT670 – HC.2 on display at Flugausstellung Hermeskeil in Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate.
  United Kingdom
  XM328 – HAS.3 on display at The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
  XM330 – HAS.1 on display at The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
  XP142 – HAS.3 in storage at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil, Somerset.
  XR525 – HC.2 on display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Cosford, Shropshire.
  XR528 – HC.2 on static display at Morayvia in Kinloss, Moray.
  XS482 – HU.5 on display at the RAF Manston History Museum in Ramsgate, Kent.
  XS508 – HU.5 in storage at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil, Somerset.
  XS511 – HU.5 on display at the Tangmere Military Aviation Museum in Tangmere, West Sussex.
  XS863 – HAS.1 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
  XT466 – HU.5 on static display at Morayvia in Kinloss, Moray.
  XT482 – HU.5 on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil, Somerset.
  XT486 – HU.5 on display at the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway.
  XT604 – HC.2 on display at the East Midlands Aeropark in Castle Donington, Leicestershire.
  XT761 – HU.5 airworthy with Historic Helicopters in Chard, Somerset.
  XT765 – HU.5 in storage at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil, Somerset.
  XT771 – HU.5 in storage with Historic Helicopters in Chard, Somerset.
  XV728 – HC.2 on display at the Newark Air Museum in Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire.
  XV732 – HCC.4 on display at the Royal Air Force Museum London in London.
  XV733 – HCC.4 on display at The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
  WA0561 – Wessex 60 on display at The Helicopter Museum in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
  Uruguay
  XR522 – HC.2 at the Museo Aeronáutico Coronel (Aviador) Jaime Meregalli in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones.
caption: Ex-Royal Australian Navy Wessex Mk31B at the Fleet Air Arm Museum
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