Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa 91

Built 1957





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa 91 Register XG596 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa 91 Register XG596 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location
By Al Henderson



Aircraft History





XG596

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

dd 24 May 1957 to 700Sq as /508-H
737Sq/775-PO by Feb 1961
829Sq by 1965
705Sq/563-CU by Dec 1966, 705Sq/566-CU by late 1971. Landed near Falmouth after mid-flight incident and lifted to RNAS Culdrose by Sea King XV660 Jun 1973. To GI A2651.
1993-07-24 A EGFI Preserved RN type HAS.7
24jul93 preserved at International Helicopter Museum (IHM), Weston-Super-Mare as 661


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1976-12 A EGFIacquired by Weston-super-Mare Dec 1976, for British Rotorcraft Museum.
1978-06 A EGFI Exhibit at British Rotorcraft Museum (now IHM) Jun 1978, still Jun 1979
1993-10 B EGHG Restoration To Yeovil for restoration by Westland, on behalf of the IHM Weston-super-Mare
2013-04 A EGFI at The Helicopter Museum, Weston super Mare
2018-09-22 A EGFI Reserve Collection unlikely that the restoration at Yeovil was completed. Stored outside IHM at Weston-super-Mare as / 66, by Sep 2018




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