Westland Wessex HAS.1

C/N wa 1

Built 1956 - Scrapped 1968





Helicopter Westland Wessex HAS.1 Serial wa 1 Register XL727 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1956. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XL727

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

WA.1 XL727 built as HAS.1, ff 20 Jun 1958, dd Aug 1958 Westland use. Appeared at Aug 1958 Farnborough (SBAC) Airshow. Westland trials a/c. Became development trials a/c for HAS.3 programme Aug 1962 and fitted with Gazelle Mk.165 engine early 1965. RAF Ternhill dump by 1970 and believed burnt by 1975.
1973 A EGOE Dumped burnt wreckage on the dump at RAF Ternhill.




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