XZ570 Sea King Royal Navy (C/N wa 838)

Westland Sea King HAS.2

Construction Number: wa 838


Built 1976 Sea King HAS.5





Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.2 Serial wa 838 Register XZ570 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Sea King HAS.5 Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.2 Serial wa 838 Register XZ570 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Sea King HAS.5 Track service timeline and current status.
By Dave Taskis


Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.2 Serial wa 838 Register XZ570 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Sea King HAS.5 Track service timeline and current status.




Aircraft History





XZ570

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1976-06-18RN f/f 18jun76, d/d 19jul76, First new build HAS.2, Westland Yeovil 1980
1982-07-06noted with A&AEE, visiting Culdrose until at least 25 Jul
2008-12 A EGDO
Westland Sea King HAS.5 RN ff 18 Jun 1976, dd 19 Jul 1976
First new build HAS.2, Westland Yeovil 1980 for conv to HAS.5
to A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1982
to Westland Yeovil by Jan 1983
fitted for EH101 development work and conv to HAS.5(mod) by 1987
to DTEO Boscombe Down by 1996
to Westland Yeovil by 1997
to Westland Weston-super-Mare by Aug 1997
to Westland Yeovil by 1999 as Searchwater 2000 trials airframe, still 2001
stored Gosport by 2002 (as A2686) still Mar 2008
to G.I Predannack by 27 Dec 2008 ()
Sea King HAS.5+


2019-03-31 A EGDO G I Airframe rotorless and tailless at Predannack with SFDO, in use for rescue training SFDO






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