Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa 87

Built 1957





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa 87 Register XG592 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1957. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XG592

may57
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1957-04-24Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA87, ff: 24Apr57
del Royal Navy as XG592, 03May57
wfu & sold to Paintball Park, Cowbridge, UK, unk.
RN during service served with (earliest first) 700NAS, 705NAS, 846NAS and 705NAS 705 NAS
1974-12-05554-CU A EGDT Stored left Culdrose for storage at Wroughton. 705 NAS
1978 A EGDT Stored to Wroughton store until
B EGFF Exhibit to Wales Aircraft Museum still wearing code /54, still 1979
departed Aug 1991
1995-11 C Taskforce Skirmish Paintball to Task Force Paintball at Cowbridge by Nov 1995, until at least Dec 2014. Gone by Nov 2016.
2023-09-09 Taskforce Paintball. This helicopter is still with us at Taskforce Paintball




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