The Argentinean Submarine Santa Fe found itself in the crosshairs of relentless adversaries. From the deck of HMS Antrim, a Wessex helicopter descended upon its unsuspecting prey. The Wessex unleashed a thunderous assault, hurling depth charges into the depths below.
Other British vessels nearby quickly dispatched more helicopters to support the pursuit. Among them were several Westland Wasps, the first British helicopters to see naval use. Decommissioned a few years before and brought back into battle to serve the British Navy once more, the Wasps were desperate to prove they still had some fight in them.
Like a swarm, the Wasps unleashed a volley of AS.12 anti-ship missiles upon the enemy submarine. The missiles found their mark, exploding with devastating force and sending shockwaves through Santa Fe’s hull.
The damage to the submarine was too great and the crew abandoned the ship. They knew the war would not end well if the Westland Scouts and Wasps were still in the air.
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Lmao…. Mexicans versus the British military…. what did you think would happen?
The Lynx is the best helo design of it’s type to ever come out of England and possibly all of Europe.
Dark Skies, should do the story of California National Guard Rescues Campers Trapped by Fire Sept 5 2020. Originally, I heard they were ordered to return because of limited visibility from darkness and the heavy smoke. The lead pilot put on night vision goggles and told the second pilot to return, second pilot replied I go were you go sir. The story has changed since then and the crews received the distinguished flying cross. UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter and a CH-47F Chinook helicopter.
The REAL Airwolf.
Having worked as Ground Crew for this beast and as a Door Gunner during the Gulf War, I was always in awe of this machine and it capability, not only that it was designed to be fly by wire, though pilots were not ready for that. Traveling in the Lynx at 15 feet above the deck with the door open and gun out is a sensation I will never forget and it is how I got my handle – lol.
You guys still can't pronounce Canberra. Have to listen to you say it in a few video's, you wanna talk about other countrys and use their words, at some point you should put some effort into getting it right because eventually people get offended. You sound like a special ed student
GO!!!!RUN!!!!!GET TO THE CHOPPER!!!!
There is another chapter to the Lynx story.
Its development from the Lynx into what became The AW 159 Wildcat.
We used the lynx a lot in south Armagh. Very agile and a lot of fun
Did my apprenticeship at Westlands (was Agustawestland then)
Lynx is a hot rod.
No were mentioned the Lynxs orphan Gem engines, and high maintenance hours for every hour flown. As we used to say it might be a shit but its British shit.. When our Navy needed to replace its shit Wasp helicopter the pommy Lynx maintainers said dont buy it, we didnt bought Sea Sprite instead. Only thing going for it is its top speed.
ya eva wonda if maybe, some people, aren't letting their birds, set records.
I am ashamed.
I've never built a model of this formidable helicopter.
The BO105 is older, and it could do as much, if not more aerobatics….!
The MBB BO-105 was developed before the Lynx and did perform aerobatics . The Lynx was also known for his high maintenance costs
The thumbnail make it look like it came from a Disney/Pixar movie. The 'copter is even smiling at you, lol….
please fix your background music, last videos were unwatchable
Hands down one of the best Helicopter in the world..!!!
The Lynx is no longer the fastest helicopter. Eurocopter X3 (302 mph)
Sikorsky X2 (299 mph)
Bell AH-1Z Viper (255 mph)
Sikorsky S-97 Raider (252 mph)
Westland Lynx (247 mph)
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (195 mph)
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin (190 mph)
Bell UH-1Y Venom (188 mph)
What is it with Can-bearer thing?????………….Canburer.!
The last hurrah of the “Great”British Empire😢
It’s body styling is like the mid point between the Hueys and Blackhawk. Must be a winning design.
The US approach to helicopters is the same as our approach to everything else. Make it bigger, less capable, heavier, less maneuverable, and far more expensive and buy an order of magnitude more than anyone else. 🙄
The Lynx would have replaced the Huey with a far superior aircraft and made the Blackhawk and Apache redundant.
Lynx the fastest helicopter in the world 👍
Fixed rotor head ftw… Lynx
The auto subtitles are exceptionally amusing today….I wonder…how many birds were involved in the falcon's war?
That is the tactic! Keep him mired in court, gag order (possibly). Meanwhile, the hand picked wannabees embarrass themselves on TV.
Worked on Mk. 3, 3s, 8 and 7 and flew the MK 7 a couple of times after a test flight. Did a front line flight on a Frigate. Anyone who’s worked on Navy Lynx will know what CY17 is😅
Not the first video you've done on great A/C and other military hardware.
This one, well, too bad it had to go. I guess there replacements are better 🤔
A sturdy and versitile chopper!
That's a mighty fine chopper but it'll never compare to Airwolf.
Yep, I can vouch for it being a crowd pleaser from see Lynx helicopter displays at various air days. These things were so agile, doing stunt normally seem from a F-figher, and then dropping into the tree line. Just great!
Bro Gnat video make next.. the British light fighter
Bro make a "Saber Slayer " Gnat video next