Westland Whirlwind SRS.1

C/N wa173

Built 1956 - Scrapped 1983





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 Serial wa173 Register HZ-ABE G-AORT G-17-1 used by Westland ,Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudia ,UK Government HMG (Her Majesty's Government). Built 1956. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History




For G-17-1 see also
    1951 S-55 55-016
    1956 hss-1 58-265 scrapped 1968
    1957 srs.1 wa194
    1964 mk.60 wa199 w/o 1981
    1966 Wasp f.9656
    1967 Wasp f.9688
    1968 mk.60 wa686 scrapped 1994
    1973 Commando wa 782

G-17-1

united kingdom UK Government

Westland WS-55 Whirlwind Series 1, WA173, ff: 1956
del Ministry of Supply as G-17-1, 1956.

G-AORT

united kingdom Westland

1956-05-07reg G-AORT, 07May56.

HZ-ABE

saudi arabia Saudi Arabian Airlines

1956-11-19del Saudi Arabian Airlines as VIP transport, HZ-ABE, 19Nov56
pres Saudi Arabia.

united kingdom Westland

1980-03 A Sherborne G I Airframe At Westland Customer Training School in Sherborne by Mar 1980
Scrapped Dec 1983.




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