АвиаМастер 2004-02 / К.Кузнецов - Бедная "Лиззи": многоцелевой самолет "Лайсендер" /Монография/

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Опытный штурмовик P.12 - "летающая тачанка" на базе "Лайсендера".

Aeroplane Monthly 1981-07 / R.Nesbit - Navigator's progress (5)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The prototype Lysander, L6127, with shortened fuselage, tandem wing and four-gun Boulton-Paul turret.

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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Westland P.12. Одним из самых необычных экспериментальных Lysander стал изображенный здесь P.12 (июль 1941 года). Самолет, построенный по схеме "тандем", был оснащен крылом типа Delanne, двухкилевым хвостовым оперением и макетом хвостовой турели с четырьмя пулеметами (хвостовая часть фюзеляжа была укорочена). Самолет, своеобразная "летающая тачанка", должен был летать вдоль побережья Великобритании и обстреливать высаживающиеся на берег немецкие войска.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Air International 1984-02 / ??? - Some talk of Alexander /Warbirds/ (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The original prototype Lysander K6127, fitted in mid-1941 with a four-gun Frazer Nash tail turret mock-up and a Delanne-style tail unit that converted it virtually to a tandem-wing type.

Air Enthusiast 1972-01 / Plane facts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The Westland P.12 was originally conceived as an anti-invasion measure but was flown only with a mock-up of the intended Nash & Thompson four-gun turret. Flight trials were extremely sucessful.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Delanne Lysander proved to be easy to fly and differed little in handling from the standard Lysander. The rudders were ineffective below an indicated airspeed of 40 m.p.h.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

View of the Westland P.12 Delanne Lysander, looking for all the world like the result of an unnatural liaison between a Lysander and a Whitley bomber. No pictures of the turret armed with the projected four guns has come to light.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The turret's blind spot is well illustrated in this photograph of K6127. The Delanne Lysander was powered by the 830 h.p. Bristol Perseus XII radial engine.

OS 1 / H.Cowin - X-Planes

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Variations on a Westland Lysander theme II. During the spring of 1940 Westlands received an Air Ministry requirement to investigate the possibility of equipping the Lysander to take a rear-mounted, powered gun turret. Intrigued with results published by Maurice Delanne for his tandem-winged light aircraft, W.E.W. Petter, Westlands Technical Director, had Harold Penrose, the company's chief test pilot, fly him over to France to be briefed by Delanne. Penrose flew the tandem-winged machine and both men returned home impressed and with the solution to their problem. In due course the prototype Lysander, K 6127, emerged, modified to take a Delanne-style rear wing, plus fully weighted rear turret mock-up. As often occurred at this time, by the time Penrose took the drastically altered Lysander aloft for the first time on 27 July 1941, the need for it had evaporated. In flight, the Delanne Lysander proved a highly stable and docile machine which, according to reports, Penrose took aloft whenever possible, causing much confusion among the local aircraft spotters.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Another view of K6127.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The prototype Lysander, K6127, was modified to become the Delanne, sometimes known as the Wendover. K6127 made its first flight in the latter form on July 27,1941.

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

The rear view of the Delanne clearly shows the gunless turret. The aircraft's elevators were described as being moderately light and effective throughout the speed range.

Air International 1984-02 / ??? - Some talk of Alexander /Warbirds/ (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6127   [14]

Air Enthusiast 1972-01 / Plane facts

Air International 1984-02 / ??? - Some talk of Alexander /Warbirds/ (2)

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06 / P.Jarrett - Nothing ventured... (3)

Westland P.12