Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Widgeon Serial wa/h/003 Register NAF-510 5N-AGA VP-TCM G-APPS G-ALIK used by Nigerian Air Force ,Bristow Helicopters Nigeria BHN ,Bristow Caribbean ,Bristow ,Westland ,SABENA (Societe Anonyme Belge d Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne) Track service timeline and current status.
at Melsbroek. The old terminal was on the North side of Brussels airport where the Cargo terminal is located. The maintenance was on the opposite side where the bottom photo was taken
1958
during leasing to Sabena at the Brussels World Fair
Westland, ex G-ALIK. Originally built as a Dragonfly and was 1st conversion to a Widgeon, during early 1958. Re-registered as G-APPS Aug 1958. Sold to Bristow Helicopters.
Used for North Sea rig traffic contracts and later sent to Trinidad and Tobago as VP-TCM and then Nigeria for similar work. Re-registered as 5N-AGA in Nigeria in Nov 1958. Nigeria-Biafra war caused it to be overrun and used as a military machine.
