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| Model | Year | History | | s-51 > westland dragonfly | | In December 1946, Westland Aircraft signed an agreement to build under licence the world's first successful operational helicopter, the ... | | | s-51 > westland widgeon | | Developed from the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR.5 as a private venture. A 3 seat general ut ... | |
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| C/N | Version | Built | History | | 51-02 | | 1946 | 5102 : ex N92800, dd Jul 1951 to Aéronavale. Damaged in Djibouti Sep 1951, Rebuilt with parts from (R-5A ?) 43-46607 Jul 1952. wfu Mar 1955.
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| 51-06 | | 1946 | 5106 : ex N92804, dd Feb 1952 to Aéronavale. Damaged at Arzeus Aug 1953, repaired, wfu Mar 1955 ?
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| 51-17 | | 1947 | G-AJHW : One of six S-51s imported by Westlands for evaluation and to seed the Dragonfly programme. To UK Admiralty for trials. WB220 : ex G-AJHW. To RN for a short period in 1949 to begin deck landing trials on HMS Vengeance (R71), whilst problems with the Dragonfly development were still being solved. Returned to Westlands, May 1949 as G-AJHW. A80-374 : After more work as G-AJHW, including some Antarctic Survey flights, sold to Canada as CF-JTO. Believed this airframe became A80-374 with RAAF in May 1951. Served with 22 (City of Sydney) Sq 1961, became ground instructional airframe 1964. Preserved RAAF Museum, Point Cook. Help needed to confirm that CF-JTO and A80-374 are the same airframe.
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