Westland Whirlwind HAS.7

C/N wa254

Built 1958 - Written off 1959





Helicopter Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 Serial wa254 Register XM663 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1958. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





XM663

dec58
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1958-12-15 G.I. Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA254, f/f 15Dec58
del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XM663, 31Dec58
w/o 14Apr59 clutch failure while hovering at RNAS Culdrose
14 to ground instruction at RNAS Arbroath
scr to J. Shackleton, unk.
1959-03 A EGDR IFTU to 824 NAS (acting as a re-engined Whirlwind IFTU) mid-late Mar 1959. 824 NAS
1959-04-14 A EGDR Accident Crashed at Culdrose, from the hover while conducting intensive flight trials 824 NAS
1959-05-04 B EGVFTo Fleetlands on a lorry
1959-08-14 C RM Condor G I Airframe to AES at Arbroath.
1977-04 Scrapyard remains at Shackleton's scrapyard near Siddal, Halifax from at least Apr 1977 and possibly before, until c 1988. Gone 1989.




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