1992 to present


united kingdom Aircraft & Armament Evaluation Establishment

Ministry of Defence (MoD)

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Preceded by the Aeroplane and Armaments Experimental Establishment until May 1992.



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Cobham Bell 412 Support for QinetiQ

Cobham Bell 412 Support for QinetiQ

02-Jun-16 - Cobham sign contract to provide Helicopter support to the UK Empire Test Pilots’ School and Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron. A Bell 412 Griffin HAR.2 will be based at MOD Boscombe Down


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YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1992-    Boscombe DownEGDM




helicopter   Models


Years Models
AgustaWestland AW109E Power
AgustaWestland Merlin HC.3
Bristol Sycamore 3
Bristol Sycamore 4
Saunders Roe Skeeter 3
Saunders Roe Skeeter 4
Saunders Roe Skeeter 5
Saunders Roe Skeeter 6
Sikorsky S-61L
Westland Dragonfly HR.1
Westland Dragonfly HR.3
Westland Lynx HAS2
Westland Lynx HAS3
Westland Sea King HC.4
Westland Wasp
Westland Wessex HAS.1
Westland Wessex HAS.3
Westland Wessex HC.2
Westland Wessex HU.5
Westland Whirlwind HAR.1
Westland Whirlwind HAR.3
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7





Aircraft & Armament Evaluation Establishment List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
11131 aw109e 2001 QQ100 : Visited Bournemouth from A&AEE Boscombe Down on 29 Oct 2018
- B-7770
heli transair.com D-HARY
- EI-TWO
Castle Air G-CFVB
QinetiQ G-CFVB
- G-ETPI
wa/h/008 hr.1 1949 VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time sp+
Royal Air Force VX595
Royal Navy VX595
W.14/4 w/o 1953 Skeeter 3 1951 WF113 : trials for Army at A&AEE, mediocre results
: To A&AEE during Mar 1953, but resonance problems remained.
W.14/5 Skeeter 4 1952 WF114 : to A&AEE during Mar 1953 for trials - resonance issues remained.
wa/h/031 hr.3 1952 WG661 : ff Feb 1952. A&AEE by Apr 1952; Westland by Dec 1952; A&AEE by Oct 1958 fo+
- WG661
wa/h/028 w/o 1953 hr.3 WG714 : 21 Oct 1953 heavy landing c 2nm E of Boscombe Down, after control and inst+
wa/h/056 hr.3 1952 WG725 : Del Nov 1952; A&AEE D Sq by Jan 1953; sent to Holland for flood relief wor+
Royal Air Force WG725
British Army WG725
- 0020
Royal Australian Navy WG725
12891 Sycamore 3 1949 WT933 : A&AEE for tropical trials in Sudan and Nairobi (1951) and later used for i+
Bristol Aeroplane Company G-ALSW
Newark (Notts & Lincs) Air Museum WT933
12896 w/o 1958 Sycamore 3 1950 WT939 : Cold weather trials. w/o 4 Jan 1958 at Boscombe Down while with A&AEE
- G-ALTB
wa 3 w/o 1955 har.1 1953 XA863 : to A&AEE to determine performance envelope.
Westland XA863
Royal Navy XA863
13144 w/o 1954 Sycamore 4 1952 XE306 : HR.14 Del Nov 1953 to A&AEE
Royal Air Force XE306
13145 w/o 1959 Sycamore 4 1952 XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953
Royal Air Force XE307
13149 w/o 1965 Sycamore 4 1953 XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscombe Down, while with+
Bristol Aeroplane Company XE308
SR.907 Skeeter 5 1952 XG303 : Allocated XG303 in Mar 1954 for trials as Skeeter 5 by A&AEE Boscombe Down+
- G-AMDC
- G-AMTZ

- XG303
wa 65 Scrapped har3 1955 XJ401 : Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, before bein+
Royal Navy XD771
Royal Navy XJ401
Bristow G-AYTK
Her Majesty’s Coastguard G-AYTK
Bristow VR-BFG
- VR-BFG
Bristow Australia VH-BFG
SR.904 Skeeter 6 1954 XK773 : w/o 21 Jun 1956 after rotor struck ground and overturned, while with A&AEE+
- G-ANMG
wa153 has7 1957 XK906 : Used mostly for trials; Jun 1957 to A&AEE Boscombe Down; Jan 1959 to Westl+
Royal Navy XK906
wa 5 has.1 1959 XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+
Royal Navy XM300
wa 10 Scrapped has.1 1959 XM329 : A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 +
Royal Navy XM329
wa 11 has.1 1959 XM330 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Ta+
- XM330
wa 18 w/o 1982 has.1 1961 XM837 : spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE for icing / cold w+
Royal Navy XM837
Westland XM837
wa 33 Scrapped has.1 1961 XM874 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963
Royal Navy XM874
wa270 has7 1959 XN258 : to Nigeria as airfreight in RAF Beverley for tropical trials, until end No+
Royal Navy XN258
Flambards Experience XN258
- XN258
wa121 hc.2 1962 XR588 : A&AEE
Royal Air Force XR588
Westland XR588
wa152 Scrapped hu.5 1963 XS241 : prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RN+
Her Majesty's Government XS241
wa156 hu.5 1963 XS482 D : A&AEE D Flt/D as de-icing test airframe for RN 1968-1976
Royal Navy XS482
f.9543 Wasp 1962 XS527 : Built at Hayes, f/f at White Waltham Jan63 as G-17-3; d/d 1963 to MoD, A&A+
Royal Navy XS527
wa239 Scrapped has.3 1964 XT255 : to A&AEE by May 1965, for various trials and tests
Royal Navy XT255
wa241 has.3 1965 XT257 : converted to HAS.3 prototype while on HAS.1 line, Westland and ff 9 May 19+
Royal Navy XT257
f.9584 w/o 1967 Wasp 1964 XT414 : f/f 26 Sep 1964, d/d 13 Oct 1964 to A&AEE Boscombe Down and undertook vari+
Royal Navy XT414
61-393 S-61L 1966 XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced +
Sikorsky Helicopters N306V
Westland G-ATYU
Her Majesty's Government G-ATYU
017 Scrapped has.2 1977 XZ236 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time betw+
Westland XZ236
QinetiQ XZ236
Royal Navy XZ236
Hayward and Green Defence Ltd XZ236
243 has.3 1981 ZD249 : MoD; 13+14jun92 A&AEE
Westland ZD249
Royal Navy ZD249
Everett Aero ZD249
- ZD249
wa 960 hc.4 1986 ZF115 : MoD; 1990 A&AEE; 1992 A&AEE
: 13+14jun92 A&AEE Air Tournament International
Her Majesty's Government ZF115
Royal Navy ZF115
50049 hc.3 1999 ZJ118 : First visit to RAF Benson by Merlin HC.3, flown by A&AEE Boscombe Down
Westland ZJ118
Royal Air Force ZJ118
Royal Navy ZJ118







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