Westland Wessex HU.5

C/N wa156

Built 1963





Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa156 Register XS482 used by Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) ,RAE ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XS482

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1964-01 A EGDR700V Sq/D by Jan 1964 700 NAS
1964-05D-A A EGDR848Sq/D-A by May 1964 848 NAS
1967-11D A EGDR707Sq/D by Nov 1967 707 NAS
RN in 1996 seen Manston preserved /A-D.
2009 preserved museum Manston.

united kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD)

1968-10D B EGDMA&AEE D Flt/D as de-icing test airframe for RN 1968-1976 Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1978-01D-A C EGHFseconded to NATIU c Jan 1978 - Jun 1981 to support hovercraft trials
1983D-Asupported Lynx deck landing trials with HMS Jupiter, off Portland Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1985-07-13A-D D EGVA IAT 1985 13-14 July at Fairford Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
1986-04 E EGLF G I Airframe /D-A at RAE Farnborough Apprentice School by Apr 1986, still there Mar 1990. RAE
1998-06 F EGMH Exhibit To Defence Fire Services CTE Manston 24 Nov 1995
pres. RAF Manston History Museum by Jun 1998, still Mar 2002, still Jun 2004, still Apr 2006.




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