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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  D-HARY : Heli Transair at Egelsbach -Feb05 - EI-TWO : Ireland 2005-2008  G-CFVB : Castle Air Feb/May 2009 G-CFVB : QinetiQ May09-Mar11 | ||
| wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time sp+ | VX595 : to RAF Museum store at Henlow / 29, by Jun 1975, still present Mar 1986. D+ VX595 : Fleetlands Museum from Feb 1990 : 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+ | WG725 : to Weeton as G I (7703M) Nov 1960 : to St Athan on closure of Weeton by Sep 1965; on to Odiham (date ?). WG725 : to Museum of Army Flying by Apr 1978, until c Oct 1981. - 0020 : to Southend c Oct 1981 and reg N9987Q. Preparation for export to Venezuela+  WG725 : Sep 1986 to Cornwall Aero Park, restored and displayed as Navy WG754 / 912+ : to FAA Museum, Nowra during | |||
| 12891 | Sycamore 3 | 1949 | WT933 : A&AEE for tropical trials in Nairobi and icing trials in Canada (1956); us+ | G-ALSW : 4th Mk.3 built (at Filton). Reg G-ALSW Nov 1950;
To Ministry of Supply as + WT933 : to Newark Air Museum Jun 1980. Still there Mar 1984, Mar 1996, Mar 2006, M+ | |||
| 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 | XE306 : w/o 28 Jul 1954, Overturned after power loss in low hover, while with 275 + | |||
| 13145 | Sycamore 4 | 1952 | XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953 | XE307 : 17 Sep 1959 Crashed and w/o in Cyprus, c 8nm SE of Nicosia (nr Tymbou / Ki+ | |||
| 13149 | Sycamore 4 | 1953 | XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscombe Down, while with+ | XE308 : HR.14 to Bristol; used in the Type 192 metal rotor blade development progr+ | |||
| 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+ | XD771 : Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA65, ntu Royal Navy FAA as XD771. [duplicat+ XJ401 : ff: 24Aug55; del Royal Navy FAA as XJ401, 13Sep55. : Aug 1959 to 737 Sq continuing trials of minesweeping gear, wore codes /780+ G-AYTK : wfu & conv Ser.3, Bristow UK as G-AYTK, unk. : to G-AYTK by Feb 1971, to Bermuda as VR-BFG by Oct 1974 G-AYTK : 1971 converted to civilian SAR by Bristow Helicopters;
Jun71-30sep74 was t+ VR-BFG : reg Bermuda as VR-BFG, unk; b/u Redhill, UK, 1978. - VR-BFG : VH-BFG : reg Bristow Australia as VH-BFG, unk. | |||
| 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+ | XK906 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA153, ff: 21May57; del Royal Navy Fleet Air+ | |||
| wa 5 | has.1 | 1959 | XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+ | XM300 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA005, f/f: 30/04/1959; del Royal Navy as XM300+ | |||
| wa 10 | has.1 | 1959 | XM329 : A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 + | XM329 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA010, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM329, 1960; to+ : 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+ | XM837 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA018, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM837, 1961; co+ : 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+ XM837 : Westland trials and evaluation airframe until very early in 1966, when it + | ||
| wa 33 | has.1 | 1961 | XM874 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963 | XM874 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA033, f/f:?; del Royal Navy as XM874, 28/07/19+ : 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 | XR588 : Westland Wessex HC.2, c/n WA121, f/f: 05/10/1962; del Royal Air Force as X+ : 28 Sq from Feb 1968; 103 Sq : Conversion to HAR.2 Standard; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22 Sq; SARTU; 22+ XR588 : First Wessex prototype built as a HC.2 (XM299 was a conversion from HAS.1)+ | |||
| wa152 | hu.5 | 1963 | XS241 : prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RN+ | XS241 : Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA152, f/f: 31/05/1963; del Royal Navy as XS241,+ : 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 | XS482 : 700V Sq/D by Jan 1964 : 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+ | XS527 : To RN Jan 1968. 829 Sq Rothesay Flt/462 by Aug 1968. Part of Operation She+ : 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 | XT255 : Westland Wessex HAS.3 pre-production, WA239, f/f 03/11/1964; del Royal Nav+ : 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+ | XT257 : Westland Wessex HAS.3 pre-production, WA241, f/f 09/05/1967; del Royal Nav+ : 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+ | XT414 : d/d 13 Sep 1965 to RN at RNAY Fleetlands; 829 Sq Naiad Flt/470 by Oct 1965+ | |||
| 61-393 | S-61L | 1966 | XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced + |  N306V : Sikorsky S-61L-2, c/n 61-393, ff:?; reg Sikorsky as N306V, 10May68. G-ATYU : converted to S-61D-1 & sold to Westland; reg G-ATYU Aug66-Oct66; to MoD as+ G-ATYU : Built as SH-3D. Shipped to Avonmouth (UK), reassembled and flown to Yeovil+ | ||
| 017 | has.2 | 1977 | XZ236 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time betw+ | XZ236 : Westland XZ236 : Nov78 as 702Sqn /SS-450 HAS.2 type at Yeovilton XZ236 : QinetiQ 2007, HMA.8 type | |||
| 243 | has.3 | 1981 | ZD249 : MoD; 13+14jun92 A&AEE | ZD249 : 1st production HAS.3, held by Westland for type trials. Moved between Yeov+ ZD249 : to RNAY Fleetlands for conversion to HAS.3S, completed c Mar 1995. : 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 : Held for scrap, Sproughton by Jun 2015 - 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 | ZF115 : Sea King HC.4X A&AEE; 26jul93 pictured (pic1) at RNAS Portland ZF115 : 02apr09 return to service; jul09 848Sqn./R winter camouflage : 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 | ZJ118 : RAF 50049/RAF02 f/f 14jun99 at Yeovil ZJ118 : 28 Sqn /B ZJ118 : Nov15 HC.3i type asg 846Sqn : pictured as 846 NAS/B at RNAS Yeovilton during Air Day 2016 : Merlin HC4 : 14:55 hrs Hovering around area TS23 3YD : Callsign CMNDO098 | ||
