Westland Lynx
Lynx in the Royal Danish Navy
[edit]In Denmark, the Danish Naval Air Squadron currently operates 8 Westland SuperLynx Mk.90B (upgraded from Mk.23, Mk.80 & Mk.90) helicopters: S-134, S-142, S-170, S-175, S-181, S-191, S-249 & S-256. Helicopters S-035, S-187 and S-196 are decommisioned.
-
S-170: Royal Danish Navy - Westland Lynx. Karup Air Force Base, Denmark. 2005.
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx landing in the rain. Karup Air Force Base, 200
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx
-
S-181: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx
-
S-191: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx. Århus harbour, Jutland, Denmark 2003.
-
S-191: Royal Danish Navy Westland Lynx. Århus harbour, Jutland, Denmark 2003.
-
S-240: Lynx in Greenland, Summer 2008
-
S-249: Danish navy Westland Lynx hoisting personel
-
S-249: Royal Danish Navy Lynx preparing a hoist-operation.
-
S-249: Royal Danish Navy Lynx preparing a hoist-operation.
-
S-256: Danish navy helicopter (Westland Lynx) doing Helicopter In-Flight Refueling (HIFR) from a Thetis-class vessel
-
Royal Danish Navy Lynx parked at the helo-deck on a danish navy Thetis-class
-
Danish navy helicopter (Westland Lynx) conducting sling cargo lift
Lynx in French navy
[edit]In France the French navy operates HAS.2(FN) and HAS.4(FN) versions.
-
Lynx decking on Latouche-Tréville
Lynx in German service
[edit]In Germany the German navy operates 22 Mk.88 helicopters.
-
8302: Lynx Mk.88A of the Bundesmarine
-
8304: German Lynx Mk.88 on deck of the Lübeck
-
8309: Lynx Mk.88A in special paint job
-
8313: German Lynx Mk.88 on the frigate Karlsruhe
-
Lynx Cockpit
Lynx in the United Kingdom service
[edit]In the en:United Kingdom, the British army and the royal navy fleet air arm operates various versions of the Westland Lynx helicopter. The army operates AH.5X, AH.7, and AH.9, whereas the navy operates HAS.3(S), HAS.3(GM(S)), HAS.3(ICE(S)) and HMA.8.
-
318: About to land.
-
335: Of en:HMS Cardiff (D108) practising Search & Rescue, the pilot shown here, Lt Clayton, was mentioned in dispatches for his actions in the Falklands War.[1]
-
335: On the deck of HMS Cardiff with a Sea Skua missile
-
360: Lynx HMA.8 over the USS Mount Whitney
-
405: Lynx HAS.3 lands on the USS Forrestal in 1988
-
602: Lynx HAS.3 drops a Torpedo
-
Lynx HMA.8 of the Royal Navy
-
Lynx AH.7 Royal Marines with Soldiers
-
British Army Lynx in Bosnia 1996
-
Lynx HAS.3 Drawing with Dimensions
-
Lynx HMA.8 Drawing with Dimensions
-
3-view drawing of the Lynx AH.1
Other Lynx users
[edit]Other Lynx users are Brazilian navy, Netherlands Navy, Norwegian air force, Portuguese navy, Qatar Police, South African air force and South Korean navy.
-
Dutch Lynx on the USS Mahan
-
Westland Lynx on display at Leeuwarden AB (NL)
-
Portuguese Lynx Mk.95 off Vasco de Gama
-
A boarding team rappel onto their ship from a Brazilian Navy Super Lynx Mk.21A
References
[edit]- ↑ Gazette Website: PDF Navigator. www.gazettes-online.co.uk. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.[dead link]