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Trinity House









Trinity House began using helicopters in 1969 to transport people and supplies to and from offshore lighthouses.

From dates for Lighthouses are dates of installation of the helicopter platform, rather than the date the lighthouse was built. Only TH Lighthouses with a helicopter platform are shown.

Most of its 60 or so Lighthouses are now unmanned and remotely operated and monitored from its Harwich ROC.



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  Locations


YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1987-    Needles
1984-    Nab Tower
1982-    Eddystone
1979-    Les Hanois
1978-    Smalls
1977-    Wolf Rock
1971-    South Bishop
1971-    Royal Sovereign
Round Island
Casquets
Longships
Bishop Rock


helicopter   Models


Years Models
2011-    MD900 Explorer
1971/10 Bo105














Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit)


C/N VersionBuiltIn this OrgIn other Org
900/00085 md902 2001 G-COTH: Trinity House from 05jan11, op by SAS
G-COTH: Trinity House Lighthouse Service; pictured (pic1) at Castle Air, Liskeard
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: at Red Bull Air race, Ascot, Berkshire
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: 31mar15 Lands End Cornwall
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: 17oct15 in Leeds
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: rtn Specialist Aviation Services by 2014 (?)
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: 18oct15 14hs Adwick Lane, Toll Bar, Doncaster attending medical emergency. Trinity House name and lo...
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: 14-16 Oct15 on board TVY Patricia 1off Holyhead
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: 09may16 11.46 hs picture (pic2) landing at Wentworth Primary school playing field in Maldon, Essex;...
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: at Colchester General Hospital helipad
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: Airframe is now WFU and is located in the scrap line at Kemble - Cotswold airport
MD Helicopters N7033V: MD Helicopters, to N3PD
State of New York N3PD: SCPD Suffolk County Police, canc 2006
- N3ND: Action Aviation at Wilmington, DE Noc09-Dec10
- N3ND: Shier Aviation at San Diego, CA Jun07-Jul07
- N3ND: Lake View Jets at Wilmington, DE Jul07-Nov09
Specialist Aviation Services G-COTH: Police Aviation Services Ltd (SAS) from Dec10
S-80 w/o 2004 105c 1973 G-THLS: aboard THV Patricia at Portsmouth.
G-THLS: Trinity House, op by Bond Air Services; pictured during 15th anniversary o+
G-THLS: Trinity House, by Bond Air Services; w/o 16sep04 ditched into sea after +
G-THLS: LS slipped off the back of the Trinity House Vessel Patricia in poor weath+
MBB D-HDCE: MBB, conv to 105D; Feb75 to Helicopter Marketing Ltd, UK as G-BCXO
Bond Aviation Group G-BCXO: Bond Helicopters Feb76-Mar92; 1992 preserved as G-BOND at Land End Landmark, England; 1996 preserved...
- G-BCXO: Rotortech rebuilt as Bo.105DBS-4 type c/n S-80/859 G-THLS
- G-BCXO: G-THLS was rebuilt with a new main pod. G-BCXO remains at Lands End on a pole, marked as G-BOND.
Bond Aviation Group G-THLS: Bond Helicopters Feb92-Aug99, Bo.105DBS-4 c/n S.80/859
Bond Aviation Group G-THLS: Bond Air Services Aug99-Oct04

2 C/N found in this Organisation.






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