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[edit] French Production

The article states that Several aircraft were built under licence by French company Aerospatiale for French usage. I think all the french Lynxes were built at Yeovil with all the others, I have a note of seeing at least one or two at Yeovil in the 1970s on build. Not sure about a licence where they not just built as part of the Gazelle/Puma/Lynx agreement ? MilborneOne 13:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The french did not build any Lynx they just had a share in the manufacturing programme - article amended.MilborneOne 20:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US Contract Lynx to replace UH1 Huey's?

Is it possible the Lynx will enter US Military service to replace the UH1 Huey's?.

User:Jetwave Dave 02:23 AM, 23/05/07

Isn't that what the Blackhawks were suposed to do?

Roger 08:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Is there a source for this? The Army is ordering the UH-72 Lakota specifically to replace Hueys, and to supplement the state-side use of Black Hawks. It might be possible that the US Army will contract Lynxes in the near-term to fill the gap in some way, but without a verifiable source, this is just a guess. To my knowledge, the Lynx was not even in the LUH competition won by the UH-72, as the entrants were off-the-shelf commercial models. - BillCJ 16:53, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • There is a radar system called the Lynx that is used by the US Army. It's quite pssible this has caused some confusion. - BillCJ 16:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military Operators

The 4 aircraft ordered by South Africa have not yet been delivered. Roger 08:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

First 2 (193 & 194) were delivered on 13 July 2007 [1] Roger 10:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The second two (191 & 192) were delivered on 27 July 2007 [2] — Impi 14:34, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Can someone provide the techical details? Design features with explanations if possible En51cm 01:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll keep that on my list of things to do, and this article needs nome reoganization too. Right now, I have so many articles I'm working on expanding that it may be a while before I get to this one. If you know of someone who loves to write, and is fairly good at it, I could use help in rewriting copyrighted text into a usable form (with sources). I can find the sources in just a few hours, it just takes a lot of time for me to do the rewriting (about a week per article, and I have 14 in line!) - BillCJ 01:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Moved a couple sections around. I started a Design section with some basic stuff. I've got it further down in the article than it should be for now. -Fnlayson 02:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lynx AH.1/5/7/9

AH as a mark number prefix stands for Army Helicopter, not Attack Helicopter. There have been several types designated AH, for example the Sioux AH.1 or the Alouette AH.2, neither of which could be described as "attack" helicopters! See, for instance, here or here. Letdorf 11:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Re: Citation for armament / TOW missiles / Use in warfare

Just read an interesting book by a James Newton DFC, who is a Lieutenant Commander in the 847 Naval Air Squadron. He flew in lynx helicopter during the latest Iraq conflict, they were only equipped with 4 TOW's.

For anyone interested in the combat role this helicopter has played I think this book is a must read. The book is called Armed Action (James Newton DFC), and gives a lot of first hand accounts showing the versatility (and limitations) of a Lynx in extreme conditions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.72.171.153 (talk) 20:07, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Citation needed for Armament

In response to the citation needed for the arming of Lynx with 8 x TOW ATGW, see the following link:

here

New to this so don't know how to insert the citation myself - can anyone assist?

Thanks! PongoPilot (talk) 17:11, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I have fixed the citation. This was done by substituting {{Fact|date=November 2007}} with <ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/ac/lynx.htm army.mod.uk: Lynx AH7 & AH9]</ref>. Also i took the liberation to fix up your link above a little :) KR, Hebster (talk) 08:31, 19 December 2007 (UTC)