Known as the UH-2 & UH-2A Wasp in FAMB service. Operated by 1 Esquadrao de Helicopteros de Emprego Geral (HU.1) from Gearing and Allen M Summer Class destroyers - (first Wasp deck landing on these April 1975, following their conversion to the failed DASH drone operation) and the Niterói class frigates. 3 new build airframes acquired in April 1966 and 7 ex UK Royal Navy Wasp HAS.1s in 1977. Defensora (F41) transported the last 2 Wasps in 1977 on its delivery voyage from Southampton to Rio de Janeiro.
4 Wasps still in active service 1991.
List of Aircraft |
C/N | Mod | Built | ID In this Org | In other Org | |||
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f.9614 | 1966 | N-7015 Delivered as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB 20 Apr 1966, code 15. | |||||
f.9615 w/o 1967 | 1966 | N-7016 20apr66 d/d as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB code 16;
w/o 15jul67 and replaced as N-7016 by ... | |||||
f.9542 | 1962 | N-7016 16 Second UH-2 Wasp to bear this FAMB serial after previous bearer (c/n F.9615) was... | XS476: Pre-production airframe built at Hayes. ff as G-17-2; T... uncoded on dump at Portland Open Day | ||||
f.9616 | 1966 | N-7017 Delivered as UH-2 Wasp to FAMB 20 Apr 1966, code 17. | |||||
f.9589 w/o 1977 | 1964 | N-7036 ex UK RN as XT419. To G-17-1, then to FAMB 1977 (N-7018 ntu ?) as N-7036, w/o 21... | XT419: dd 23 Dec 1964 to RN as XT419. RAF Bahrain SAR Flt/422 ... | ||||
f.9575 | 1964 | N-7037 ex UK RN XS564 and G-17-22. To FAMB 1977 (N-7019 ntu ?) as N-7037 | XS564: dd 21 May 1964 to RN; Nov 1964 short assignment to 771 ... 829Sq Argonaut Flt/466-AT by Oct 1970 to at least Jul 1... embarked HMS Argonaut and departed Valletta to position... Nov 1975 to Wroughton store; To G-17-22 by Jul 1977 and... | ||||
f.9728 | 1968 | N-7038 d/d 07/01/1969 to UK RN as XV633, to G-17-21, then to FAMB 1977 as N-7038 | XV633: Royal Navy HAS1 type; to Brazil 706Sq/591 by Sep 1969, 706Sq/584 by Jul 1972 still Sep ... noted at Fleetlands noted at Wroughton. | ||||
f.9603 | 1965 | N-7039 ex UK RN XT433. to G-17-6, then to FAMB 1978 as N-7039. | XT433: dd 1965 to RN. ex G-17-6. 829Sq Arethusa Flt/426-AR by ... N-7039: to MUSAL 1991, preserved at Museu Aeroespacial, west of... | ||||
f.9557 | 1963 | N-7040 d/d 1963 to UK RN as XS530, to G-17-7, then to FAMB as N-7040. | XS530: Royal Navy HAS1 type; to Brazil as N-7040 | ||||
f.9674 | 1967 | N-7041 ex UK RN XT792 and G-17-8. To FAMB as N-7041 | XT792: dd 11 Jul 1967 to RN. 829Sq Bacchante Flt/425-BC ... | ||||
f.9569 w/o 1982 | 1964 | N-7042 ex RN XS542 and Westland G-17-30, then to FAMB as N-7042, w/o 06 Dec 1982. | XS542: d/d 17/03/1964 to UK RN, 829 Sq Juno Flt/465 by Jul 196... noted in store RNAY Wroughton |
No longer with this org.