Westland Sea King HAS.5

C/N wa 888

Built 1980





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.5 Serial wa 888 Register ZA127 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1980. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.5 Serial wa 888 Register ZA127 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1980. Aircraft history and location
By Peter Mitrovitch



Aircraft History





ZA127

02Oct80
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1980-09-09RN HAS.5 f/f 09sep80, d/d 02oct80
820Sq/361-N by Dec 1980, 820Sq/011-N by Feb 1982, 810Sq/511 by 1986, 810Sq/504 by Apr 1987 820 NAS
Nov80-Sep82, asg 820Sq was the plane captain for this A/C joining HMS Invincible for work ups at Portland then the commissioning trip to the states In 81, 1982 was a busy year in the south Atlantic completing 166 days continuously at sea, closed up at action stations for 76 days. I actually live quite close to Stirling, so I may pop round to see the aircraft 820 NAS
1987-05May87 as 810Sq /04 at St Georges recreation ground, Tolworth during RACAL / DECCA families day. The building in the background was demolished Jul13 810 NAS


1992-04 A EGVF Conv HAS.6
Westland Sea King HAS.6 to Fleetlands for conversion to HAS.6
1994 HAS.5 type 706Sqn /592 706 NAS
1994-05706Sq/592 by May 1994
810Sq/509-CU by May 1998 still Mar 1999
1994-06-05 B HMNB Portsmouth HAS.5 type 706Sqn./592 Flypast Portsmouth harbour 706 NAS D-Day 50th Anniversary Flypast
1996 HAS.6 type 706Sqn /592 706 NAS
2001-07-19 C HMS Sultan to Gosport as Ground instructional airframe
2009-03 C HMS Sultan G I Airframe to Ground Instruction at HMS Sultan, A2846

2016
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2016-05-12 12may16 in a campsite in Thornhill, Scotland Restored Wessex Goes on Display
2016-10-27 D Thornhill Mains Farm Featured in Channel 4 Amazing Spaces TV programme (Series 6, Episode 6). Exterior restored as 810 Sq/509. Interior largely stripped and refitted as accommodation at Mains Farm Wigwams, Thornhill, Stirlingshire. Type 195 sonar removed and used in restoration of Wessex HAS.3 XM328 at Weston-super-Mare.




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