Aircraft History |
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Westland | |||
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P.531-1 built at Eastleigh, ff 30 Sep 1958. 2nd prototype, also with 400shp Turbomeca Turmo 603 derated to 325 shp. De-reg on 1 Oct 1959. To UK Royal Navy for trials. | |||
XN332 | |||
Fleet Air Arm | |||
dd into RN service 2 Oct 1959 as 1st trials airframe. Spent its service life with 700Sq and 771Sq between 1959 and 1963 /759 to A2579, (wfu 1964 ?). 771 NAS | |||
1963-05 | A HMS Thunderer | G I Airframe Moved to RNEC Manadon (HMS Thunderer) Plymouth as a ground instruction (GI) airframe, until it was sent to RNAS Yeovilton in 1971. | |
1971 | B EGDY | Exhibit To Yeovilton for preservation, still by Aug 1978, still (wearing code /759) Oct 1986 | |
1990-05 | C EGDT | Stored RNAY Wroughton for storage (by May 1990) | |
1991-09-18 | D EGCN | Loan for display ? To Finningley for its 1991 Battle of Britain Airshow | |
1998-11-16 | B EGDY | Exhibit Arrived FAA Museum (Yeovilton) 24 Sep 1991. Went elsewhere and returned 16 Nov 1998, to the Cobham Hall site by Sep 2002. |
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