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List of Aircraft


Model C/N Built ID
OH-58A Kiowa 40705 scrapped 2015 : Instructional Airframe Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shr ...
AH-1G Cobra 20877 : Instructional Airframe, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Sh ...
Sioux wa566/was185 19688430M : MOD Maintenance Serial - Instructional Airframe unk to FAA Mainte ...
AS365N3 Dauphin 2 6824 2008G-CHNJ : UK MoD Mar13-Jul14
SE3130 Alouette II 1583 1961G-CICS : MoD Army Historic Aircraft Flight at Army Aviation Centre Middle ...
H125 8462 2017G-ETPE : For ETPS, operated by QinetiQ
: , QinetiQ / ETPS, pictured in the static display at RNAS Yeovilto ...
H125 8464 2017G-ETPF : UK MoD ETPS , op by QINETIQ
: 14jul18 pictured on display at RIAT 2018
H125 8476 2017G-ETPG : UK MoD ETPS from , op by QINETIQ
H125 8485 2018G-ETPH : For ETPS, operated by QinetiQ
: QinetiQ research
: op by QinetiQ, UK' first helicopter/drone team
A109 22165 2010G-ETPO : Operated by QinetiQ for the UK MoD.
: noted departing Biggin Hill
AW139 31768 2017G-ETPP : ETPS, pictured (pic1) (pic2) at RIAT 2022
H145D2 / EC145T2 20215 2020G-RNGS : MoD LTPA (Long Term Partnering Agreement) for BUTEC (British Unde ...
Lynx mk28 028 1978QP-30 : to Fleetlands by Mar 1993. Conversion to procedural trainer ?
Lynx mk28 033 1978QP-31 : to NARO Fleetlands store by Jan 1993, still Jun 1995.
AW109E Power 11131 2001QQ100 : Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS) 2011
: ETPS pictured at RIAT 2015
: Visited Bournemouth from A&AEE Boscombe Down on 29 Oct 2018
S-51 / R-5 / H-5 51-26 scrapped 1961 1947VW209 : MoD, to RAE Farborough; w/o 26sep51 heavy landing, tailcone coll ...
: to RNEC Manadon during Jan 1954 (by road from Boscombe Down ?) as ...
: outside storage at Blackbushe, rotorless by Dec 1958
Dragonfly HR.1 wa/h/008 1949VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but als ...
: Assignments at AFEE Beaulieu Jul and Nov 1949, and Jan 1950 for t ...
: conv HR.3 at Yeovil by 1953
: conv HR.5 at RNAY Donibristle from Nov 1956 to Jun 1957; at ETPS ...
Skeeter 3 W.14/3 1951WF112 : first flew Oct 1951 as Skeeter 3, with Gipsy Major 8 engine..
: early , replaced the Gypsy Major 8 engine with the Bombardier 702 ...
: appeared at the 1952 Farnborough Air Show.
: w/o 28 Apr 1953 at Southampton
Skeeter 3 W.14/4 w/o 1953 1951WF113 : second of two Skeeter 3 funded by Ministry of Supply as a develop ...
: trials for Army at A&AEE, mediocre results
: to Gosport for trials with 705 NAS, until c Feb 1952
: after RN trials, re-engined Mar 1952 with the Cirrus Bombardier 7 ...
: To A&AEE during Mar 1953, but resonance problems remained.
: after further resonance reduction research and modification, the ...
Skeeter 4 W.14/5 1952WF114 : Third of three prototypes funded by the UK Ministry of Supply and ...
: to A&AEE during Mar 1953 for trials - resonance issues remained.
Dragonfly HR.3 wa/h/031 1952WG661 : ff Feb 1952. A&AEE by Apr 1952; Westland by Dec 1952; A&AEE by Oc ...
Dragonfly HR.3 wa/h/028 w/o 1953 WG714 : Del MoS from a Royal Navy batch as HR.3
: 21 Oct 1953 heavy landing c 2nm E of Boscombe Down, after control ...
Dragonfly HR.3 wa/h/056 1952WG725 : Del Nov 1952; A&AEE D Sq by Jan 1953; sent to Holland for flood r ...
: Spent some time as trials and research airframe, moving between G ...
Sycamore 3 12891 1949WT933 : A&AEE for tropical trials in Sudan and Nairobi (1951) and later u ...
: to RAF Halton as 7709M 18 Nov 1960; to Strensall by Oct 1975; to ...
Sycamore 3 12896 w/o 1958 1950WT939 : Cold weather trials. w/o 4 Jan 1958 at Boscombe Down while with A ...
S-55 0016 1951XA842 : MoD as XA842, unk
Whirlwind HAR.1 wa 3 w/o 1955 1953XA863 : to A&AEE to determine performance envelope.
: to Westland mid Feb to remove trials equipment and revert to HAR. ...
Whirlwind HAR.1 wa 2 1953XA864 : Westland Whirlwind HAR.1, WA2, f/f 28Sep53; del MoD as G-17-1, 02 ...
: trials at Westland
: to Boscombe Down for Blind Handling trials
: to Farnborough for Blind Handling / autopilot trials
: to Bedford for communications trials
: to FAA Museum (stored ?)
: to FAA Museum store at Wroughton
: to FAA Museum store at Cobham Hall
Type 173 13204 XE286 : built initially at Filton but moved to Weston-super-Mare in Jul/A ...
Type 173 13206 XE288 : built at Weston-super-Mare, with modifications (at Filton) as a r ...
Sycamore 4 13144 w/o 1954 1952XE306 : HR.14 Del Nov 1953 to A&AEE
Sycamore 4 13145 w/o 1959 1952XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953
Sycamore 4 13149 w/o 1965 1953XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscombe Down, w ...
Skeeter 5 SR.907 1952XG303 : Allocated XG303 in Mar 1954 for trials as Skeeter 5 by A&AEE Bosc ...
Sycamore 3 12886 w/o 1958 1949XH682 : to Ministry of Aviation for trials
: rolled over on take off. Airframe not repaired.
Whirlwind HAR.3 wa 57 scrapped 1993 1954XJ393 : TRE Defford Mar 1956, RRE Pershore Sep 1957
Whirlwind HAR.3 wa 60 1955XJ396 : in the RAE hangar at Lasham by Aug 1974
: HAR.10 hulk at Farnborough arrived from Lasham Mar 1977, still th ...
Whirlwind HAR.3 wa 65 scrapped 1978 1955XJ401 : Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, be ...
: trials included drooping tail boom, minesweeping equipment and al ...
Whirlwind HAR.4 wa 37 scrapped 1999 1954XJ411 : Wroughton store; to Farnborough as /Z by Jul 1977, derelict HAR.1 ...
: to Pendine by 1990
Whirlwind HAR.5 wa 93 1957XJ445 : to Porton Down by Dec 1971 in cream/red livery, still 1974, until ...
Skeeter 6 SR.904 1954XK773 : Ex G-ANMG, for evaluation as Army AOP.6, initially at CFS South C ...
: at SBAC Farnborough Air Show 1955, in overall metal finish with y ...
: w/o 21 Jun 1956 after rotor struck ground and overturned, while w ...
: at SBAC Farnborough Air Show 1955, in camouflage finish
Whirlwind HAS.7 wa153 1957XK906 : Used mostly for trials; Jun 1957 to A&AEE Boscombe Down; Jan 1959 ...
: by Nov 1961 to RAE Bedford for various trials and rotor research ...
: to RFD Godalming until Apr 1975.
: Mar/Apr 1975 to Netheravon for crash / rescue training; burnt pie ...
Whirlwind HAS.7 wa154 1957XK907 : to Westland by Oct 1957; to RRE Pershore by Jul 1962; ETPS Farn ...
Skeeter 6 SR.906 1954XK964 : Military trials Mar-Jul 1956, intensively focussing on proving re ...
Wessex HAS.1 wa 2 scrapped 1992 1958XL728 : RAE Farnborough by May 1971 still Sep 1972, (with A Flt, Mar 1978 ...
: to Pendine Ranges by early 1986, to Brawdy dump
: on Brawdy fire dump by Aug 1988; scrapped by 1992.
Wessex HC.2 wa 4 scrapped 1992 1958XM299 : Wessex HC.2 prototype; derelict in open at Westlands, Yeovil sinc ...
: pictured (pic1) on a Royal Navy Queen Mary low-loader on a night ...
: derelict HC.2 hulk at Farnborough by Mar 1980, still Apr 1984
: to Pendine Sands range by ; scrapped by 1992
Wessex HAS.1 wa 5 1959XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials ...
: Stored at Farnborough by Mar 1980, still Apr 1984, until Jun 1984
: to Wales Aircraft Museum Jul 1984, until c 1990
: to Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum, Cardiff Docks until c 1 ...
: to National Museum of Wales Collection Centre, Nantgarw by , stil ...
Wessex HAS.1 wa 7 scrapped 1988 1959XM326 : dd Aug 1959 to Westland. Used as trials aiframe at several MoD e ...


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