G-ANJV VR-BET Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 C/N wa 24

Helicopter Westland Whirlwind SRS.1 Serial wa 24 Register G-ANJV VR-BET used by Bristow ,Bristow Bermuda ,Westland. Built 1954. Aircraft history and location

By Stuart Carr

Aircraft History

16Dec53 Westland
G-ANJV
	Westland 16Dec53-30Sep54 del South Georgia Company Ltd as G-ANJV, 08Oct54-19Jun61, flew in Antarctica, fitted with removeable flotation gear, on whale-spotting duties for the Salvesen whaling fleets.
05Jul61 Bristow
1961-07-05	Westland Whirlwind SRS.3 Bristow Helicopters 05Jul61, conv to Whirlwind Ser.3 1963
VR-BET
08Jan74 Bristow Bermuda
	Helicopter Rentals, Bermuda 08Jan74-1977
1977 Bristow
	Bristow 1977-1981 donated Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
G-ANJV
1990 -
1990-03	A EGFI	at IHM Weston by Mar 1990
2010-04-17	A EGFI	at the IHM Weston-Super-Mare Museum