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Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
1992/ | Boscombe Down | EGDM |
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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.3 | ||
Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 | ||
Aircraft & Armament Evaluation Establishment List of helicopters | Help Us | |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
![]() | 11131 | aw109e | 2001 | QQ100 : Visited Bournemouth from A&AEE Boscombe Down on 29 Oct 2018 ![]() | - B-7770 : China 2002-2003 ![]() - EI-TWO : Ireland 2005-2008 ![]() ![]() | ||
wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time sp+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() : Spent time in storage variously at Fleetlands, Gosport and Portland, until+ ![]() | |||
W.14/4 ![]() | 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 : to Blackpool by Nov 1961; to Baginton by Oct 1964; to Woburn Abbey by Jun + ![]() | |||
wa/h/028 ![]() | 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+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() : to St Athan on closure of Weeton by Sep 1965; on to Odiham (date ?). ![]() ![]() ![]() - 0020 : to Southend c Oct 1981 and reg N9987Q. Preparation for export to Venezuela+ ![]() ![]() ![]() : to FAA Museum, Nowra during ![]() | |||
12891 | Sycamore 3 | 1949 | WT933 : A&AEE for tropical trials in Nairobi and icing trials in Canada (1956); us+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
12896 ![]() | Sycamore 3 | 1950 | WT939 : Cold weather trials. w/o 4 Jan 1958 at Boscombe Down while with A&AEE ![]() | - G-ALTB : ntu to RAF WT939, c Feb 1953 ![]() | |||
13144 ![]() | Sycamore 4 | 1952 | XE306 : HR.14 Del Nov 1953 to A&AEE ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
13145 ![]() | Sycamore 4 | 1952 | XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953 ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
13149 ![]() | Sycamore 4 | 1953 | XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscombe Down, while with+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
SR.907 | Skeeter 5 | 1952 | XG303 : Allocated XG303 in Mar 1954 for trials as Skeeter 5 by A&AEE Boscombe Down+ ![]() | - G-AMDC : Allocated G-AMDC in early 1952 (ntu ?), to G-AMTZ Aug 1952 ![]() - G-AMTZ : first Skeeter to be built with a SARO construction number (the previous on+ ![]() : to SBAC Farnborough Air Show Sep 1953 ![]() : to SBAC Farnborough Air Show Sep 1954 ![]() : Conv, to Skeeter 6 (with a Gypsy Major 200 engine) from Skeeter 5, during + ![]() : May 1957 modified to fit a Napier NRE.19 peroxide tank above the rotor hub+ ![]() : attended SBAC Farnborough Air Show Sep 1957 ![]() : Attended a well publicised Helicopter Garden Party in Jun 1958 (in all whi+ ![]() : civil registration cancelled, 7 Dec 1959. ![]() - XG303 : Sold to AAC and reverted to XG303; G.I. until at least Jul 1962; SoC befor+ ![]() : Dumped (?) at Thruxton late 1978 ![]() | |||
wa 65 ![]() | har3 | 1955 | XJ401 : Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, before bein+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() : Aug 1959 to 737 Sq continuing trials of minesweeping gear, wore codes /780+ ![]() ![]() ![]() : to G-AYTK by Feb 1971, to Bermuda as VR-BFG by Oct 1974 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() - VR-BFG : ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
SR.904 | Skeeter 6 | 1954 | XK773 : w/o 21 Jun 1956 after rotor struck ground and overturned, while with A&AEE+ ![]() | - G-ANMG : Reg G-ANMG 1 May 1954. To British Army evaluation as AOP.6 XK773 by 17 Au+ ![]() | |||
wa153 | has7 | 1957 | XK906 : Used mostly for trials; Jun 1957 to A&AEE Boscombe Down; Jan 1959 to Westl+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
wa 5 | has.1 | 1959 | XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
wa 10 ![]() | has.1 | 1959 | XM329 : A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 + ![]() | ![]() ![]() : 819Sq/533 by Aug 1965; 737Sq/533-PO by Apr 1967; AES Arbroath by Feb 1968;+ ![]() | |||
![]() | wa 11 | has.1 | 1959 | XM330 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Ta+ ![]() | - XM330 : to International Helicopter Museum, May 1994 ![]() : pictured at The International Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare. ![]() | ||
![]() | wa 18 ![]() | has.1 | 1961 | XM837 : spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE for icing / cold w+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() : Now HAS.3, 814Sq/271-V by Oct 1967, 814Sq/271-H by May 1968, 820Sq/411-BL + ![]() : 2 Jul 1971 Aboard HMS Blake as 820 Sq / 411-BL, while in Portsmouth ![]() : 737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF by Jan 1975, deployed from Norfolk onto RFA Olwe+ ![]() : 737 Sq Norfolk Flt/407-NF, flying at Navy Days, 26 and 27 Aug 1978 ![]() : 737Sq/400-GL noted at Culdrose, 11 Mar 1982 ![]() : As HAS.3 737 Sq/400-GL on HMS Glamorgan, when destroyed by land-based Exoc+ ![]() : pictured (pic1) at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) 1981 Air Day, operate+ ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
wa 33 ![]() | has.1 | 1961 | XM874 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963 ![]() | ![]() ![]() : 737 Sq/400-GL Glamorgan Flt by Jul 1967 still Nov 1967, 771Sq/519-PO by Ju+ ![]() : left Culdrose (A2689) for Lee-on-Solent ![]() : A2689. to Predannack Oct 1992. Still there by May 1993, still Aug 1995, st+ ![]() | |||
wa121 | hc.2 | 1962 | XR588 : A&AEE ![]() | ![]() ![]() : 28 Sq from Feb 1968; 103 Sq ![]() : Conversion to HAR.2 Standard; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22+ ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
wa152 ![]() | hu.5 | 1963 | XS241 : prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RN+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() : Sept 1968 at RAE Farnborough used to drop models of Jaguar in spin tests ![]() | |||
wa156 | hu.5 | 1963 | XS482 D : A&AEE D Flt/D as de-icing test airframe for RN 1968-1976 ![]() | ![]() ![]() : 848Sq/D-A by May 1964 ![]() : 707Sq/D by Nov 1967 ![]() : RN in 1996 seen Manston preserved /A-D.; 2009 preserved museum Manston. ![]() | |||
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+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() : ex-Rothesay Flt/462 to Wroughton by Jun 1971; 829 Sq Rhyl Flt/445 by Oct 1+ ![]() : Call Sign whilst on HMS Rhyl was 446; After ditching repl by XT415 ![]() : as 829 Sq Endurance Flt/434-ED, attacked and damaged ARA Santa Fe outside + ![]() : 829 Sq Lowestoft Flt/451 by Feb 1985, RNAY Wroughton by Nov 1985, pres. FA+ ![]() | |||
wa239 ![]() | has.3 | 1964 | XT255 : to A&AEE by May 1965, for various trials and tests ![]() | ![]() ![]() : Jun65 engine handling trials carried out at Boscombe ![]() : to 700H Flt at Culdrose ![]() : to RAF Carlisle as crash / rescue GI trainer by Jun 1983. Still there by F+ ![]() | |||
wa241 | has.3 | 1965 | XT257 : converted to HAS.3 prototype while on HAS.1 line, Westland and ff 9 May 19+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() : 1 SoTT RAF Halton by 1981, still Apr 1982, to 8719M at Halton by Aug 1983 + ![]() : to 2 SoTT RAF Cosford by Dec 1994 leaving shortly after Sep 1998 ![]() : pres. East Grinstead by Oct 1998 ![]() : to Bournemouth Aviation Museum on 20 Jan 2005 (painted in RAF rescue yello+ ![]() | |||
f.9584 ![]() | Wasp | 1964 | XT414 : f/f 26 Sep 1964, d/d 13 Oct 1964 to A&AEE Boscombe Down and undertook vari+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() | |||
![]() | 61-393 | S-61L | 1966 | XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced + ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
017 | has.2 | 1977 | XZ236 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time betw+ ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
243 | has.3 | 1981 | ZD249 : MoD; 13+14jun92 A&AEE ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() : RN; 2003 type:HAS.3S 702Sqn./637 ![]() : 702 Sq by Jul 1995, 702 Sq /636 by Jan 2006; Accident on take off from FGS+ ![]() : Middle Wallop by Apr . ![]() ![]() ![]() - ZD249 : Is a prop at a paintball site outside Edinburgh by Feb17 ![]() | |||
![]() | wa 960 | hc.4 | 1986 | ZF115 : MoD; 1990 A&AEE; 1992 A&AEE ![]() : 13+14jun92 A&AEE Air Tournament International ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() : 2009 pictured (pic2) as /R in 40th anniversary marks and Arctic colours at+ : pictured (pic3) still complete and in Artic stripes and anniversary dec+ ![]() | ||
![]() | 50049 | hc.3 | 1999 | ZJ118 : First visit to RAF Benson by Merlin HC.3, flown by A&AEE Boscombe Down ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() : pictured as 846 NAS/B at RNAS Yeovilton during Air Day 2016 ![]() : Merlin HC4 ![]() : 14:55 hrs Hovering around area TS23 3YD ![]() : Callsign CMNDO098 ![]() |