Model
The Bristol Type 192 was a development of the unsuccessful Type 173, designed in response to an RAF requirement for a general purpose, land based, heavy lift helicopter. It first flew on 5 Jul 1958 at Filton with tandem wooden rotor blades, a completely manual control system and a castored, fixed quadricycle undercarriage. 
From the fifth airframe, the rotors fitted were all-metal, 4 bladed units. Production model controls and instruments allowed night operations and a true single engine-out flight, if one of the 1465hp Napier Gazelle engines failed. The Belvedere could take 30 seated passengers or 6000lb (2700kg) of internal freight. An external freight hook was fitted, allowing a 5250lb (2380kg) load to be underslung.
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List of Operators of Bristol Type 192 Belvedere | |
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| Construction Numbers on database of Type 192 Belvedere or its versions | ||||||
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| C/N | Built as | Year | History | |
13342  | 1958 |  XG447 : Single prototype airframe ff 5 Jul 1958 at Bristols Wes+ | ||
13343  | 1959 | XG448 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1, XG448, 20Nov59; served with + | ||
| 13344 | 1959 | XG449 : RAF 72 Sqdn; went to 66 sqdn; broken up 1969 Seletar del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG449, Nov59; soc & scr at No+ | ||
| 13345 | 1960 | XG450 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1, XG450, 07Dec60; scr Westland+ flown extensively at Weston-super-Mare during 1964 with+ | ||
| 13346 | 1960 | XG451 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG451, 1960; soc and scr at N+ 66 Sq / C by 1960, 66 Sq / E by 1966 | ||
 | 13347 | 1960 | XG452 : 5th development Belvedere. Used to rectify handling iss+ XG452 : Ternhill, then 7997M. Nov 1975 arrived at Westland Old Mixon factory, for res+ To Weston-super-Mare 5 Nov 1974 for British Rotorcraft + G-BRMB : xfer UK Civil register as G-BRMB, pres as XG452 XG452 : RAF Belvedere Type 192 HC.1; 24jul93 pictured preserved+ | |
| 13348 | 1960 | XG453 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG453, 17Oct60; w/o 18Mar69. handed over to Belvedere Trials Unit ( BTU ) at Oldmixo+ 66 Sq / D by 1966; 18 Mar 1969 damaged by fire on Star+ | ||
| 13349 | 1960 | XG454 : 7th pre-production airframe; handed over to Belvedere T+ to RAF Museum store at Henlow, by Jun 1975 Nov 1982 to (then) Manchester Air and Space Museum; sti+ | ||
| 13350 | 1963 | XG455 : RAF Belvedere HC.1 d/d 15feb63; 16mar69 soc and scr + 11feb66 recovery of wreckage of Avro Vulcan B. Mk.2 XH5+ | ||
| 13351 | 1960 | XG456 : RAF handed over to Belvedere Trials Unit ( BTU ) at Oldmixo+ del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG456, 17Oct60; soc and scr a+ | ||
| 13352 | 1961 | XG457 : RAF ff: 10Feb61; del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG457, 31Aug61; + 1st fully production equipped Belvedere HC.1. to Belved+ | ||
| 13353 | 1961 | XG458 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG458, 15Sep61; soc and scr a+ | ||
| 13354 | 1961 | XG459 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG459, 28Sep61; soc and scr a+ | ||
| 13355 | 1961 | XG460 : RAF del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG460, 01Nov61; soc and scr a+ | ||
| 13356 | 1960 | XG461 : RAF; w/o 31dec64 del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG461, 03Oct61; w/o 31Dec64; + Belvedere Trials Unit by Jul 1960; 26Sq/G by May 1964, + | ||
| 13357 | 1961 | XG462 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG462, 02Oct61; w/o 05Oct63; + dd Sep 1961 as 66Sq/H. To 72Sq/H by Nov 1961. Mid air r+ RAF; preserved (nose) at Weston-Super-Mare helicopter m+ | ||
| 13358 | 1961 | XG463 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1, XG463, 03Nov61; w/o 30Oct64. crashed E of Lahij following failure of forward engine + | ||
| 13359 | 1961 | XG464 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG464, 06Dec61; soc and scr a+ | ||
| 13360 | 1961 | XG465 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG465, 06Dec61; w/o 30Jul62.  27 Apr 1962, As 66 Sq / J this aircraft placed the flè+ 30 Jul 1962 crashed near Warendorf, after rotor struck + | ||
| 13361 | 1962 | XG466 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG466, 10Jan62; soc and scr + 66 Sq / L by 1966; soc and reduced to spares May 1968 a+ | ||
| 13362 | 1962 | XG467 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG467, 08Mar62; soc and scr + 72 Sq; 26 Sq; 66 Sq 1967 Loading and lifting trials as /C at Abingdon with + | ||
| 13363 | 1962 | XG468 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG468, 20Feb62; w/o 25Jan68; + | ||
| 13364 | 1962 | XG473 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG473, 29May62; w/o 04May63. w/o 4 May 1963 nr Lawas (Tusan Valley) in Borneo, while+ 10 Apr 2018 partial fuselage section and rotor blade fr+ 10Apr18 wreckage pictured at National Army Museum This was the aircraft that my step dad's father was+ | |
| 13365 | 1962 | XG474 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG474, 08Jun62; soc 20Mar69; + 66 Sq/O Jun 1962, 66 Sq/B and detached to Brunei by Dec+ Jul 1974 as /O at RAF Museum, Hendon 03Apr18 pictured in 66 Squadron / O markings at RAF Mus+ | |
| 13366 | 1962 | XG475 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG475, 10May62; w/o 05Dec63; + | ||
| 13367 | 1962 | XG476 : del RAF as Belvedere HC.1 XG476, 11Oct62; soc and scr a+ |