Aircraft History |
G-AODA | |||
Westland | |||
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Westland aircraft Ltd May/Sep 1955. One of two series 1 airframes with 600hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial piston engines | |||
World Wide Helicopters | |||
Shell UK, Sep55-Oct61 | |||
1959 | A OMAD | when I worked for Robert H Ray Co, an American geophysical company. They were contracted to IPC to do gravity exploration in the Liwa Oasis and other parts of Abu Dhabi. G-AODA was used on a daily basis to ferry personnel to the work area in mountainous sand dunes. | |
World Wide Helicopters (UK) Ltd Oct61-Oct64 | |||
Bristow | |||
1965-05 | Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 Bristow Helicopters from May65 Jul65 conv Ser.3 with a single 1050 shp Bristol-Siddely Gnome H1000 turboshaft engine and twelve passenger seats after extended period offshore, rtn to UK and remained based at Redhill for pilot training and charter operations until 1980 | ||
1977-05-21 | B EGKR | at Redhill | |
1993-08 | 1980 used by BAe Dynamics and GEC/Marconi in development of anti-tank missile guidance system. The trials contract involved several years of very low flying by Bristow pilots, all day, in all weather conditions, at 200 to 300 feet, in the UK and other European countries continued to fly until 1990 Aug93 donated it to The Helicopter Museum. | ||
9Y-TDA | |||
Bristow Caribbean | |||
Bristow Trinidad & Tobago 1969-1974 | |||
EP-HAC | |||
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leased Iranian Helicopter Co as EP-HAC, unk operated in the Persian Gulf area supporting offshore oil installations Also used with Conoco in Kuantan, Malaysia | |||
G-AODA | |||
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1993-08-07 | C EGFI | To IHM Weston-super-Mare 7 Aug 1993, still Dec 1993 | |
2020-10-15 | C EGFI | In the Helicopter Museum | |
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