Westland Lynx HAS2

C/N 017

Built 1977 Lynx HMA.8 - Scrapped 2019





Helicopter Westland Lynx HAS2 Serial 017 Register XZ236 used by Hayward and Green Defence Ltd ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,QinetiQ ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) ,Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) ,Westland. Built 1977 Converted to Lynx HMA.8. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Lynx  HAS2 Serial 017 Register XZ236 used by Hayward and Green Defence Ltd ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,QinetiQ ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) ,Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) ,Westland. Built 1977 Converted to Lynx HMA.8. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





XZ236

united kingdom Westland

1977-06 A EGHGWestland

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time between A&AEE and Westland. Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1987-09 A EGHG Conv HAS.3
Westland Lynx HAS3 to Yeovil for conversion to HAS.3, completed c Jan 1989
1990-09-05 B EGLF Static at SBAC Farnborough Air Show in dark blue colour scheme but with HMA.8 electro-optical package on nose in grey. (May not have had full HMA.8 conversion completed at this stage).
1990-09-11 A EGHG Conv HMA.8
Westland Lynx HMA.8 HMA.8 prototype commenced Sep 1990, completed at Yeovil by c Mar 1992. Into HMA.8 development programme between Yeovil & Boscombe Down until c May 2006.
1993-07-24 C EGVA IAT 1993 at Fairford for International Air Tatoo
1998-02 D EGOY Trials undertook a week or so radar trials with DERA Defence Evaluation and Research Agency
2001-09 E EGVF Stored into storage at Fleetlands, until Jul 2022

united kingdom QinetiQ

2002-07 F EGDMto QinetiQ
2002-08 G EGTF Conv HMA.8SRU to Fairoaks for SRU conversion
2007 F EGDMQinetiQ 2007, HMA.8 type

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

2006-10 H EGDY G I Airframe to Yeovilton as instructional airframe
2009-06LST1 H EGDY G I Airframe to Engineering School as A2581
2012-01-12LST1noted at Yeovilton
2017-05-03LST1 I EGDX Stored to St Athan store

united kingdom Hayward and Green Defence Ltd

2019-11LST1to Hayward and Green for parts recovery
2024-02-05 at Woodmancote, West Sussex, minus tail boom (stored separately at facility) undergoing parts recovery






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