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The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines (derived from the US General Electric T58 ), British-made anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully ...
Sikorsky quickly decided to pursue development of a dedicated commercial model of the Sea King. [1] In fact, two prime models were produced: the land-based S-61L and the amphibious S-61N . [ 5 ] On 2 November 1961, the S-61L conducted its maiden flight ; it was 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) longer than the HSS-2 to facilitate the carriage of a substantial ...
The Sea King was also used for medical evacuations and disaster relief efforts. [37] U.S. Marine Corps VH-3 Sea King, operating as Marine One, landing on the south lawn of the White House. The SH-3 was the primary helicopter for retrieving manned space capsules starting with Mercury-Atlas 7 in May 1962. [46]
1983. 3 February 1983 - Royal Navy Sea King HAS5 XV658 of 820 Naval Air Squadron crashed into the sea off Portugal during deck landing practice on HMS Invincible, one crew member killed. [3] 18 June 1983 - Indian Navy Sea King Mk. 42 IN506 was written off in an accident on this date; no details are available. [11] 1985.
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The King's Cross fire occurred in 1987 at King's Cross St Pancras tube station in London, England, causing 31 fatalities. It began under a wooden escalator before spreading into the ticket hall in a flashover. The fire began at approximately 19.30 on 18 November 1987, [1] at a major interchange on the London Underground.
6. On 16 July 1983 a British Airways Helicopters commercial Sikorsky S-61 helicopter, Oscar November (G-BEON), crashed in the southern Celtic Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, while en route from Penzance to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in poor visibility. Only six of the twenty-six people on board survived. It was Britain's worst helicopter civil ...
A kenning ( Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English, and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that ...