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C/N wa 65 Built 1955 -
Scrapped 1978
Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 Serial wa 65 Register VH-BFG VR-BFG G-AYTK XJ401 XD771 used by Bristow Australia AUSBU ,Bristow ,HM Coastguard (Her Majesty’s Coastguard) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE). Built 1955. Aircraft history and location XD771 Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA65, ntu Royal Navy FAA as XD771. [duplicate serial] XJ401 Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, before being issued to Royal Navy Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment trials included drooping tail boom, minesweeping equipment and alternate instrument arrangements 1955-08-24 ff: 24Aug55 del Royal Navy FAA as XJ401, 13Sep55. Aug 1959 to 737 Sq continuing trials of minesweeping gear, wore codes /780 during spring 1960 Jun 1960 to 700 Sq / 502 until c Sep 1960 Sep 1960 returned to 737 Sq until Dec 1960 737 NAS G-AYTK Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 wfu & conv Ser.3, Bristow UK as G-AYTK, unk. to G-AYTK by Feb 1971, to Bermuda as VR-BFG by Oct 1974 1971-06 A EGMH 1971 converted to civilian SAR by Bristow Helicopters
Jun71-30sep74 was the primary contract aircraft at RAF Manston on behalf of HM Coastguard and designated /Coastguard 41
Its sister SAR aircraft for the contract was G-AYNP , designated /Coastguard 40. VR-BFG Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 reg Bermuda as VR-BFG, unk b/u Redhill, UK, 1978. 1974-12-07 B EGKR noted at Redhill. 1977
- 1977-05-21 B EGKR Redhill, England VH-BFG Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 reg Bristow Australia as VH-BFG, unk.
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