Westland Whirlwind HAR.1

C/N wa 16

Built 1954





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 Serial wa 16 Register XA870 used by Aeroventure Museum ,Flambards Experience ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1954. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.1 Serial wa 16 Register XA870 used by Aeroventure Museum ,Flambards Experience ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1954. Aircraft history and location
By Dave Taskis



Aircraft History





XA870

jul54
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1954-05-18Westland Whirlwind HAR.1, cn WA16, f/f 18May54
del Royal Navy as XA870, 20Jul54
to A2543, unk
pres Aeroventure, Doncaster, UK, unk.
701 Sq Protector Flt / 911 by Oct 1955, recoded /991 c Sep 1956 to c May 1957.
Fleetlands until c Apr 1966
to Lee (A2543) by May 1966, still Jul 1971
to Predannack store by 1973
to Culdrose during 1975 for repaint.
2013-01 A EGCI Exhibit 1955 one of the first two (along with XA866) Royal Navy helicopters to visit the Falklands aboard HMS Protector A146
preserved in the paint scheme of that time (inc hand painted "Penguins in Duffell Coats") at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster. Alan Beattie for YHPG
2019-09-05 A EGCI Exhibit at Aeroventure, Doncaster as /911 Protector Flt.


1976
united kingdom Flambards Experience

1976 B Clodgey Lane Exhibit to Cornwall Aero Park by 1976, still Mar 1990, then as Flambards Experience until Nov 2002

2013
united kingdom Aeroventure Museum

2013-01 A EGCIPreserved in the South Yorkshire Aviation Museum




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