{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.whirlwind-q376153","code":"thing-q376153","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q376153/","name":"Whirlwind","alternateNames":["Whirlwind HC","Whirlwind HCC","Whirlwind HAR","WS-55","WS-55 Series 1","WS-55 Series 2","WS-55 Series 3","Whirlwind HAS"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.FLW"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Westland Whirlwind helicopter, a British licence-built development of the Sikorsky S-55 (WS-55), used from the 1950s for search and rescue, military transport and civil work.","purpose":"Let an agent handle the Westland Whirlwind helicopter by variant, operators, history and surviving examples, and separate it from the Westland Whirlwind fighter and weather whirlwinds.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Licence-built S-55 derivative","Piston and turbine versions","Widely used for search and rescue","Many preserved examples"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"type","name":"Type","description":"Which Whirlwind.","layers":[{"id":"variant","name":"Variant","description":"Marks.","findings":[{"id":"variant-finding","name":"Variant","description":"Variant.","questions":[{"text":"Which variant is meant?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Piston or turbine engine?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"specs","name":"Specifications","description":"Performance.","findings":[{"id":"specs-finding","name":"Specifications","description":"Specifications.","questions":[{"text":"What were its engine, speed and capacity?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"From which reference?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"service","name":"Service","description":"Operators.","layers":[{"id":"operators","name":"Operators","description":"Users.","findings":[{"id":"operators-finding","name":"Operators","description":"Operators.","questions":[{"text":"Which services and companies operated it?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"In which roles?","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"rescue","name":"Rescue","description":"Search and rescue.","findings":[{"id":"rescue-finding","name":"Rescue","description":"Search and rescue role.","questions":[{"text":"How was it used for search and rescue?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which notable rescues are documented?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"Survivors.","layers":[{"id":"museums","name":"Museums","description":"Examples.","findings":[{"id":"museums-finding","name":"Museums","description":"Preserved examples.","questions":[{"text":"Where can preserved examples be seen?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are any airworthy?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"records","name":"Records","description":"Archives.","findings":[{"id":"records-finding","name":"Records","description":"Records.","questions":[{"text":"Which archives hold records?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How can they be accessed?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"senses","name":"Senses","description":"Disambiguation.","layers":[{"id":"other","name":"Other senses","description":"Fighter, weather.","findings":[{"id":"other-finding","name":"Senses","description":"Other senses.","questions":[{"text":"Is the 1930s fighter or a weather whirlwind meant?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which entry fits?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"models","name":"Models","description":"Scale models.","findings":[{"id":"models-finding","name":"Models","description":"Scale models.","questions":[{"text":"Which kits exist?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which references help accuracy?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the Westland Whirlwind's history, variants and service from sources.","Identify surviving airframes and their keepers."],"mustNot":["Fly, start or move a preserved helicopter without its owner's authority and a qualified crew.","Damage or remove parts from historic airframes or crash sites.","Misrepresent its rescue or military record."],"requiresHuman":["Disturbing a crash site or changing a preserved airframe."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Rescue crews flew these aircraft in danger; 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