Westland Whirlwind SRS.1

C/N wa113

Built 1955





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 Serial wa113 Register G-AODA EP-HAC 9Y-TDA used by Bristow Caribbean ,Bristow ,World Wide Helicopters ,Westland. Built 1955. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 Serial wa113 Register G-AODA EP-HAC 9Y-TDA used by Bristow Caribbean ,Bristow ,World Wide Helicopters ,Westland. Built 1955. Aircraft history and location
Helicopter Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 Serial wa113 Register G-AODA EP-HAC 9Y-TDA used by Bristow Caribbean ,Bristow ,World Wide Helicopters ,Westland. Built 1955. Aircraft history and location




Aircraft History





G-AODA

united kingdom Westland

Westland aircraft Ltd May/Sep 1955. One of two series 1 airframes with 600hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial piston engines

usa 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

united kingdom 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
1993-081980 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

trinidad and tobago 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 EGFITo IHM Weston-super-Mare 7 Aug 1993, still Dec 1993
2020-10-15 C EGFI In the Helicopter Museum






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