Royal Navy UK Navy Westland WG-13 Lynx HMA8DSP. GAV 1092-38
The initial naval variant of the Lynx, known as the Lynx in British service, or Lynx (FN) in French service,[citation needed] differed from the Lynx in being equipped with a tricycle undercarriage and a deck restraint systems, folding main rotor blades, an emergency flotation system and a nose-mounted radar. An improved Lynx for the Royal Navy, the Lynx , had Gem 42-1 Mark 204 engines, an uprated transmission, a new flotation system and an Orange Crop ESM system. The Lynx also received various other updates in service. A similar upgrade to the French Lynx was known as the Lynx (FN). Many different export variants based on the Lynx and were sold to other air arms. In 1986, the former company demonstrator Lynx, registered G-LYNX, was specially modified with Gem 60 engines and BERP rotor blades. On 11 August 1986 the helicopter was piloted by Trevor Egginton when it set an absolute speed record for helicopters over a 15 and 25 km course by reaching km/h ( mph) an official record it currently holds.
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Location: RAF Fairford, Glouscester-shire. England. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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