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Kamov Ka-26 'Hoodlum'. Restoration of this machine has only recently been completed: note the contra-rotating main rotors (so no tail rotor!), and the gaping space where a 'pod' should be fitted, which is still undergoing restoration.
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Mil Mi-24D 'Hind' gunship. Yes, the museum actually has one! It is big, menacing, and certainly looks like it is capable of delivering the business. Here is some detail from the side.
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One of the bits that make helicopters go - a Rolls-Royce Gem turboshaft engine of some description.
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A general shot of the display hall: rear-end of a Wessex at left, Westland Dragonfly at right, and in the centre background, the rotor head of the ill-fated Fairey Rotodyne.
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Another general shot: two Lynx's to the left, and a red-white Westland Scout in the background. The sand-brown camouflage Lynx at left set the world speed record for a helicopter, 249mph, in 1986, a record that still stands today.
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Detail of one of the several Westland Wessex that the museum has on display, this one clearly previously operated by Bristow Helicopters.
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Westland WS-51 'Dragonfly'. Like so many of the aircraft at the museum, this one has been beautifully restored. The Dragonfly was the Sikorsky R-5 built under licence: it was one of the first helicopter types to 'star' in a film, 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' (1955), set during the Korean War.
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Another beautifully restored machine, this one is a Bristol 171 'Sycamore'.
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