| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | XS509 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA178 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | ETPS - Empire Test Pilots School |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Middle WallopMap |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGVP IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | International Air Show 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 705875 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the Royal Navy as XS509 in 1964. Transferred to the ETPS - Empire Test Pilots School in 1982. Sold in 1998 and registered as ZK-HVK. Destroyed in a fatal crash during heli-logging operations in New Zealand in 2001. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 July 2024, and has since been viewed 123 times. |