c/n wa 65

Year 1955 Scr 1978

Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 Serial wa 65 Register VH-BFG VR-BFG G-AYTK XJ401 XD771 used by Bristow Australia AUSBU ,Bristow ,HM Coastguard (Her Majesty’s Coastguard) ,Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) ,Ministry of Defence (MoD) Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment (A&AEE). Built 1955. Aircraft history and location

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XD771
Fleet Air Arm aug55
		Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA65, ntu Royal Navy FAA as XD771. [duplicate serial]
XJ401
Ministry of Defence (MoD) sep55
		Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, before being issued to Royal Navy Aeroplane & Armaments Experimental Establishment
		trials included drooping tail boom, minesweeping equipment and alternate instrument arrangements
Fleet Air Arm aug59
1955-08-24		ff: 24Aug55 del Royal Navy FAA as XJ401, 13Sep55.
		Aug 1959 to 737 Sq continuing trials of minesweeping gear, wore codes /780 during spring 1960 Jun 1960 to 700 Sq / 502 until c Sep 1960 Sep 1960 returned to 737 Sq until Dec 1960 737 NAS
G-AYTK
Bristow oct69
		Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 wfu & conv Ser.3, Bristow UK as G-AYTK, unk.
		to G-AYTK by Feb 1971, to Bermuda as VR-BFG by Oct 1974
HM Coastguard jun71
1971-06	AEGMH	1971 converted to civilian SAR by Bristow Helicopters Jun71-30sep74 was the primary contract aircraft at RAF Manston on behalf of HM Coastguard and designated /Coastguard 41 Its sister SAR aircraft for the contract was G-AYNP, designated /Coastguard 40.
VR-BFG
Bristow oct74
		Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 reg Bermuda as VR-BFG, unk b/u Redhill, UK, 1978.
- 1977
1977-05-21	BEGKR	Redhill, England
VH-BFG
Bristow Australia 1978
		Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 reg Bristow Australia as VH-BFG, unk.

Westland Whirlwind HAR.3

c/n wa 65

Year 1955 Scr 1978

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XD771

XJ401

G-AYTK

VR-BFG

VH-BFG