Soon after Hughes Tool Company's aircraft division signed the contract to build OH-6As for the US Army in 1966, development of a civil version began. To be marketed as the Hughes 500, the first model made available was the 369HS, which was basically an OH-6A (minus military fittings) with a civil interior. Built in 1968 this second 369HS was delivered to Montreal based Helisolair as CF-DWI after the type received FAA certification in January 1969. Later registrations were N90958, N2Y and RP-C4902.

Modified from a Tudor II, and used by the National Gas Turbine Establishment for testing the Conway jet engine in a pod under the fuselage. It was delivered to Farnborough on 4 September 1955 and was struck off charge on 13 February 1962. The remains are seen here near the water pressure tank used in the structural tests on Comet G-ALYU. The fuselage section is now at Newark Air Museum.

Lying beside the fuselage of Comet 1 G-ALZK.

The second prototype, fitted with an RAF Comet cockpit section and fin for trials work. The fuselage was later scrapped. Provost T1 WV577 lies alongside.

Ex G-51-193. Sold to Air BVI as VP-LVB, then became J6-SLV and finally N1202S on 20 September 1996. Later written off, date not known.

Scrapped in 1996.

The first production Fellowship. Later registered as LN-SUM, PH-MOL (with Air Anglia 1978/9), EP-PBF, F-GMOL, P2-ANL, F-GIMG, F-GIMH, C5-ADD, and finally TZ-ASH in October 1998. Stored by July 2001, and later broken up.

Struck off charge on 1 January 1977 and moved to RAF Laarbruch for use as a decoy as 8520M. It moved to Detmold during 1984 for battle damage repair training, and was broken up on 1 March 1985.

On display painted and equipped to represent a US Marine Corps AV-8A, and later spent some time with VMA-513 in the USA on trials. Registered as G-VSTO on 7 June 1971 (CAA records give the c/n as 41H-727346) and reverted to XV742 on 5 August 1971. Modified to GR3 in 1982 and destroyed in a fatal crash at Holbeach Range 28 October 1983.

Ex G-11-3. Became CS-TAF, F-BSRU, A2-ABC, 7P-LAI, ZS-LHN, G-AYIR, C-FTTW. It was written off when it caught fire on 6 December 2012 during a fuel transfer from cargo to an external tank at Sandy Lake, Ontario.

Withdrawn from use on 5 December 1983 and now preserved at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare.

Photographed by Peter Marson

Taken on strength May 1967 as 20501, this 412 Squadron Falcon was re-serialed 117501 in May 1970. It was struck off strength November 1989 and later became G-FRAS with Flight Refueling.