C/N wa 863
Built 1978
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Helicopter Westland Sea King HAR.3 Serial wa 863 Register G-SKNG XZ597 used by Royal Air Force RAF. Built 1978. Aircraft history and location




XZ597 | | 1978-06-22 | | RAF HAR3 f/f 22jun78, d/d 25aug78 wfu 14jan16 xfer WSV Colsterworth | 1990-10-19 | S | A EGYP - Mount Pleasant, East Falkland | 1991-01-01 | S | A EGYP - Mount Pleasant, East Falkland | 1999-08-18 | | B EGHQ | HMF St Mawgan by Aug 1999  | 2002-07-20 | M | C EGVA - Fairford, England | 2002-09-24 | M | D EGJJ - Jersey, Channel Islands | 2005-06-27 | M | E EGNT - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England | 2008-04-09 | M | F EGOV - Valley, Wales | 2009-07-11 | M | G EGDY | as 22Sqd /M at RNAS Yeovilton 22 Squadron Yeovilton Air Day 2009 |
| 2010-04-01 | | H EGCC - Manchester, England | 2010-09-16 | | F EGOV - Valley, Wales | 2010-09-18 | M | I EGCO - Southport, England | 2010-10-07 | M | F EGOV - Valley, Wales | 2014-02-04 | M | J EGNH - Blackpool, England | 2016-01 | | K Witham | for disposal at Colsterworth  | 2017-12 | | L Higher Purtington | to Higher Purtington during Dec 2017  | 2019-03 | | XZ597 has applied for CAA registration as G-SKNG along with a permit to fly  | G-SKNG | - | 2019-03-09 | | L Higher Purtington | as XZ597 / M at Higher Purtington undergoing maintenance Historic Helicopters Open Day 2019 |
| 2019-03-21 | | Lift West (Helicopters) Ltd from Mar19 | 2020-03-20 | | L Higher Purtington | First flight after restoration by Historic Helicopters.  | 2021-12-16 | | Santa special in North Devon and Somerset  | 2022-06-12 | M | M EGWC | Sea King HAR.3 at RAF Cosford Air Show 2022 RAF Cosford Air Show 2022 |
| 2022-07-05 | GSKNG | Chard, England  | 2022-07-15 | M | C EGVA | at RIAT 2022 RIAT 2022 |
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Call sign for this aircraft: GSKNG
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