ZK-HJG ex XP166 Saro P.531 (C/N s2/5311)

Saunders Roe Saro P.531

Construction Number: s2/5311


Built 1959





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5311 Register ZK-HJG G-APVL XP166 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5311 Register ZK-HJG G-APVL XP166 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.
By Dave Taskis


Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5311 Register ZK-HJG G-APVL XP166 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.
By Steve Mills




Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5311 Register ZK-HJG G-APVL XP166 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Saunders Roe Saro P.531 Serial s2/5311 Register ZK-HJG G-APVL XP166 used by Army Air Corps AAC (British Army) ,Westland Track service timeline and current status.




Aircraft History





G-APVL

united kingdom Westland

P.531-2 as second tranche of prototype, with 1050shp Bristol Siddeley Nimbus engine derated to 635shp. ff 9 Aug 1959. To UK Army Air Corps for trials.

XP166

united kingdom Army Air Corps

AAC Scout AH.1 prototype
1960 reworked from P.531-2 to pre-production version of Scout AH.1
For further information, see under Westland Scout.
1968-09-20 A EGLF1968 Displayed at Farnborough Airshow
1975-02-26damaged hit by flying wooden debris at Farnborough Hants
1978 A EGLF Stored Aug 1975 noted on Farnborough dump
Recovered into storage by 1978, still 1980, still Mar 1990

G-APVL

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2009-07-11Aug02-Aug10 2 private owners
at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day 2009. Note the lack of a full width tailplane beneath the rear fuselage and the odd, box-like structure under the nose, distinguishing it from the main production runs Scout AH.1



ZK-HJG

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2011-02-17private at Wanaka, New Zealand from 17feb11
13may11 change of Paint Scheme
2016-03-25 B NZWF on the flight line at the 2016 Warbirds over Wanaka airshow


2016-03-26 B NZWF Wings over Wanaka 2016 at Wanaka Airport on the opening airshow fly by of helicopters


2016-03-27 B NZWF at Wings Over Wanaka






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