
A Royal Air Force Westland Lion displaying at Kemble Air Day 2008, Kemble Airport, Gloucestershire, England.
The Westland Lion is a British twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter manufactured by Westland Helicopters. The Lion was designed to provide heavy-lift support and transport to the British military. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external-cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) the helicopter is faster than contemporary utility and attack helicopters.
Operators[edit | edit source]
Australia
British Empire
Canada
Republic of China
Egypt
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
West Japan
Libya
Morocco
Netherlands
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Spain
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
See also[edit | edit source]
Mil Mi-6
Mil Mi-28
Seattle HF CH-47/61 "Chinook"
Stratford HF CH-53/66 "Sea Stallion"
Stratford HF CH-53/81E "Super Stallion"
Stratford HF CH-53/18K "King Stallion"
Yakovlev Yak-24
- Australian Army
- British Empire
- Egyptian Air Force
- Fleet Air Arm (Australia)
- Fleet Air Arm (Britain)
- German Army
- Helicopters
- Hellenic Army
- Irish Air Force
- Italian Army
- Libyan Air Force
- Portuguese Air Force
- Puerto Rican Air Force
- Republic of China Army
- Republic of Japan Army
- Republic of Japan Air Force
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Royal Indian Air Force
- Royal Moroccan Air Force
- Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Royal Thai Army
- Spanish Army
- United Arab Emirates Air Force
- Vietnamese Air Force
- Westland
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