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Royal Aircraft Establishment List of helicopters |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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51-26 Scrapped | s-51 | 1947 | VW209 : MoD, to RAE Farborough; w/o 26sep51 heavy landing, tailcone collapsed | G-AJOP VW209 | |||
wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 : conv HR.5 at RNAY Donibristle from Nov 1956 to Jun 1957; at ETPS and RAE + | VX595 VX595 | |||
wa 2 | har.1 | 1953 | XA864 : to Farnborough for Blind Handling / autopilot trials : to Bedford for communications trials | ||||
wa 60 | har3 | 1955 | XJ396 : in the RAE hangar at Lasham by Aug 1974 | XD766 XJ396 | |||
wa153 | has7 | 1957 | XK906 : by Nov 1961 to RAE Bedford for various trials and rotor research until c J+ | XK906 | |||
wa 2 Scrapped | has.1 | 1958 | XL728 : RAE Farnborough by May 1971 still Sep 1972, (with A Flt, Mar 1978), still + | XL728 XL728 | |||
wa 5 | has.1 | 1959 | XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+ | XM300 | |||
wa 11 | has.1 | 1959 | XM330 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Ta+ : With RAE Farnborough A Flt by Mar 1978 : noted visiting RNEC Manadon on 21 May 1979, while with RAE : At RAE/DRA Farnborough until May | - XM330 | |||
wa 47 Scrapped | has.1 | 1961 | XM926 19-VL : on loan to RAE Bedford. Still there by Mar 1978. SoC by Royal Navy Nov 197+ 19-VL : to Farnborough for spares recovery (used for Raspberry Ripple XM330 ?); to+ | XM926 | |||
S2/8437 | ah.1 | 1960 | XP165 : ff 29 Aug 1960. To Fairey at White Waltham as a development airframe until+ | XP165 - XP165 | |||
wa128 | hc.2 | 1963 | XR503 : Engine filter trials in N Africa Aug 1966, RAE by Sep 1968 : RAE noted on display at SBAC Farnborough Airshow 1968 : With Aerodynamics Flight at RAE Bedford by Mar 1971 : By Mar 1978 with Flight Systems Flt at RAE Bedford : RAE Bedford by May 1984 still Jul 1989 DRA by Jun 1992 still 1995 | XR503 | |||
wa152 Scrapped | hu.5 | 1963 | XS241 : prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RN+ | XS241 | |||
wa156 | hu.5 | 1963 | XS482 : /D-A at RAE Farnborough Apprentice School by Apr 1986, still there Mar 199+ | XS482 | |||
61-393 | S-61L | 1966 | XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced + | N306V G-ATYU G-ATYU | |||
01/08 Scrapped | ah1 | 1973 | XX907 : ex RAE; Stored at Farnborough by Mar 1987, still Mar 1990 | XX907 | |||
3/16 | has.2 | 1974 | XX910 : By Mar 1978 with A Flt at RAE Farnborough | XX910 XX910 | |||
1659 w/o 1991 | sa330e | 1981 | ZA941 : f/f 13 May 1981, d/d 16 Jun 1981. The last Westland built Puma. RAE Farnbo+ : RAE still May 1984 until 1991, crashed in France and w/o 8 Aug 1991. | ||||
wa 927 | hc.4 | ZB506 : Sea King Mk.4X f/f 19nov82, d/d 23dec82 Deld straight to RAE Bedford sti+ : Jul89 with Royal Aircraft Establishment ( RAE ) at Bedford. Used as test b+ | ZB506 | ||||
wa 928 | hc.4 | 1982 | ZB507 : f/f 19 Jan 1983 as Mk.4X to RAE/DRA/DERA Farnborough by 1986 still 1993, E+ | ZB507 |