Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.31 Serial wa224 Register N7-224 used by Fleet Air Arm (RAN) RAN (Royal Australian Navy). Built 1963. Aircraft history and location
Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA224, f/f:06/08/63 del RAN as N7-224, 834, 22Aug63 Served on HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Stalwart, 8/04/68. During a normal flight the aircraft suffered an engine overspeed. The pilot LEUT J.W. Nichol, and Co-pilot SBLT R. Giffen managed to regain control of the aircraft and nurse it back to HMAS Melbourne. On the way the Observer, SBLT M. Bayliss and the aircrewman POACM Trainor were ordered to abandon the aircraft. They jumped into the sea and were picked up by HMAS Parramatta. The Wessex landed safely aboard the carrier. Instructional Airframe, 08/07/87. Naval Aviation Museum 1991. South Australian Aviation Museum, Port Adelaide, 2000.
