629 results found
| Registration / Serial: | G-BYRC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA539 |
| City / Airport: | Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Biggin Hill Air Fair 2009 |
| Photo Date: | 27 June 2009 |
| Photo by: | Vico SandersContact |
| Photo ID: | 739895Submit Correction |
| View count: | 128 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-BYRC |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA539 |
| City / Airport: | Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 27 June 2009 |
| Photo by: | Vico SandersContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-BYRC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA539 |
| City / Airport: | Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Biggin Hill Air Fair 2009 |
| Photo Date: | 27 June 2009 |
| Photo by: | Vico SandersContact |
| Photo ID: | 739895Submit Correction |
| View count: | 128 |
| Registration / Serial: | G-BYRC |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA539 |
| City / Airport: | Biggin Hill (EGKB / BQH)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 27 June 2009 |
| Photo by: | Vico SandersContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT602 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA529 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 22 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Groningen - Eelde (EHGG / GRQ)Map |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Photo Date: | 12 May 1990 |
| Photo by: | Berend de Vries (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 738991Submit Correction |
| View count: | 107 |
| Registration / Serial: | XT602 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA529 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Groningen - Eelde (EHGG / GRQ)Map | Country: | Netherlands |
| Photo Date: | 12 May 1990 |
| Photo by: | Berend de Vries (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT602 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA529 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 22 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Groningen - Eelde (EHGG / GRQ)Map |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Photo Date: | 12 May 1990 |
| Photo by: | Berend de Vries (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 738991Submit Correction |
| View count: | 107 |
| Registration / Serial: | XT602 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA529 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Groningen - Eelde (EHGG / GRQ)Map | Country: | Netherlands |
| Photo Date: | 12 May 1990 |
| Photo by: | Berend de Vries (via Joop de Groot)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT670 |
| Military Code: | AU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA538 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 72 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Battle of Britain At Home Day Coltishall 1971 |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 1971 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 737064Submit Correction |
| View count: | 188 |
After service as a transport helicopter with 72 Sqdn, XT670 was modified for the SAR role and moved to 22 Sqdn in the standard yellow colours. Now preserved at Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil.
| Registration / Serial: | XT670 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA538 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 1971 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT670 |
| Military Code: | AU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA538 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 72 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Battle of Britain At Home Day Coltishall 1971 |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 1971 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 737064Submit Correction |
| View count: | 188 |
After service as a transport helicopter with 72 Sqdn, XT670 was modified for the SAR role and moved to 22 Sqdn in the standard yellow colours. Now preserved at Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Hermeskeil.
| Registration / Serial: | XT670 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA538 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 18 September 1971 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XP143 |
| Military Code: | PO/650 |
| Other Marks: | 50 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.3 |
| C/n (msn): | WA76 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Battle of Britain At Home Day Coltishall 1973 |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 1973 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 736796Submit Correction |
| View count: | 192 |
Built as a Wessex HAS.1 and later converted to HAS.3 as seen here with 737 NAS, XP143 ditched and rolled inverted 25 miles north of RAF Valley on 20th September 1978 after engine failure.
| Registration / Serial: | XP143 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.3 |
| C/n (msn): | WA76 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 1973 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XP143 |
| Military Code: | PO/650 |
| Other Marks: | 50 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.3 |
| C/n (msn): | WA76 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Battle of Britain At Home Day Coltishall 1973 |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 1973 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 736796Submit Correction |
| View count: | 192 |
Built as a Wessex HAS.1 and later converted to HAS.3 as seen here with 737 NAS, XP143 ditched and rolled inverted 25 miles north of RAF Valley on 20th September 1978 after engine failure.
| Registration / Serial: | XP143 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.3 |
| C/n (msn): | WA76 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Coltishall (EGYC / CLF) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 1973 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS863 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA243 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Photo ID: | 726125Submit Correction |
| View count: | 186 |
Operated by A&AEE Boscombe Down. In use with a number of other helicopters, airlifting supplies into remote locations on Dartmoor cut off by a very heavy snowstorm. Now displayed at IWM Duxford in Royal Navy marks coded R-304.
| Registration / Serial: | XS863 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA243 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS863 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA243 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Photo ID: | 726125Submit Correction |
| View count: | 186 |
Operated by A&AEE Boscombe Down. In use with a number of other helicopters, airlifting supplies into remote locations on Dartmoor cut off by a very heavy snowstorm. Now displayed at IWM Duxford in Royal Navy marks coded R-304.
| Registration / Serial: | XS863 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA243 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS873 |
| Military Code: | CU-525 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA253 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Photo ID: | 726123Submit Correction |
| View count: | 179 |
Operated by 771 NAS Culdrose. In use with a number of other helicopters (including 3 other 771 Sqn Wessex HAS1s), airlifting supplies into remote locations on Dartmoor cut off by a very heavy snowstorm. Became A2686 and used for fire practice at Predannack until scrapped in August 1995.
| Registration / Serial: | XS873 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA253 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS873 |
| Military Code: | CU-525 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA253 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Photo ID: | 726123Submit Correction |
| View count: | 179 |
Operated by 771 NAS Culdrose. In use with a number of other helicopters (including 3 other 771 Sqn Wessex HAS1s), airlifting supplies into remote locations on Dartmoor cut off by a very heavy snowstorm. Became A2686 and used for fire practice at Predannack until scrapped in August 1995.
| Registration / Serial: | XS873 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.1 |
| C/n (msn): | WA253 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Exeter (EGTE / EXT)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 23 February 1978 |
| Photo by: | Chris EnglandContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS514 |
| Military Code: | L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA183 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Gosport (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2009 |
| Photo by: | Howard J CurtisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720037Submit Correction |
| View count: | 105 |
Also A2740. Disappeared from here in early 2015 - assumed scrapped.
| Registration / Serial: | XS514 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA183 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Gosport (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2009 |
| Photo by: | Howard J CurtisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XS514 |
| Military Code: | L |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA183 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Gosport (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2009 |
| Photo by: | Howard J CurtisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720037Submit Correction |
| View count: | 105 |
Also A2740. Disappeared from here in early 2015 - assumed scrapped.
| Registration / Serial: | XS514 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA183 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Gosport (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 11 August 2009 |
| Photo by: | Howard J CurtisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720003Submit Correction |
| View count: | 253 |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map | Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720003Submit Correction |
| View count: | 253 |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map | Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 17 December 2009 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 8 March 2001 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720000Submit Correction |
| View count: | 183 |
Ex RAF serial XR505 not removed after taking over.
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map | Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 8 March 2001 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 8 March 2001 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Photo ID: | 720000Submit Correction |
| View count: | 183 |
Ex RAF serial XR505 not removed after taking over.
| Registration / Serial: | 081 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA130 |
| Operator Titles: | Uruguay - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Maldonado - International / Capitan Corbeta Carlos A Curbelo / Laguna del Sauce (SULS / PDP)Map | Country: | Uruguay |
| Photo Date: | 8 March 2001 |
| Photo by: | Dick LohuisContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-224 |
| Military Code: | 834 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA224 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Collection: | South Australian Aviation Museum |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 714077Submit Correction |
| View count: | 97 |
First flown in 1963 and served on HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Stalwart. Downgraded to instructional airframe usage in 1987 and preserved by the FAA Museum at Nowra from 1991. Transferred to the SAAM in 2000
| Registration / Serial: | N7-224 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA224 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-224 |
| Military Code: | 834 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA224 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Collection: | South Australian Aviation Museum |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 714077Submit Correction |
| View count: | 97 |
First flown in 1963 and served on HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Stalwart. Downgraded to instructional airframe usage in 1987 and preserved by the FAA Museum at Nowra from 1991. Transferred to the SAAM in 2000
| Registration / Serial: | N7-224 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA224 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Area: | Port Adelaide / South Australian Aviation Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | South Australia, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 27 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT680 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA548 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 22 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 713280Submit Correction |
| View count: | 144 |
Taking part in the rescue services flypast at the beginning of the airshow. Delivered to the RAF as XT680 in 1967. Stored at Shawbury in 2003. Sold and moved to Hixon, Staffordshire then exported to New Zealand in 2004. Stored in a warehouse at Taranaki then to Classic Flyers Museum, Taurunga in 2018.
| Registration / Serial: | XT680 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA548 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT680 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA548 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 22 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 713280Submit Correction |
| View count: | 144 |
Taking part in the rescue services flypast at the beginning of the airshow. Delivered to the RAF as XT680 in 1967. Stored at Shawbury in 2003. Sold and moved to Hixon, Staffordshire then exported to New Zealand in 2004. Stored in a warehouse at Taranaki then to Classic Flyers Museum, Taurunga in 2018.
| Registration / Serial: | XT680 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA548 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XL728 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA2 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | RAE - Royal Aircraft Establishment |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 713264Submit Correction |
| View count: | 180 |
Taking part in the rescue services flypast at the beginning of the airshow. First flew as Wessex HAS.1 XL728 in 1958. Used for engine development trials. Modified to a Wessex HU.5. To RAE Farnborough by 1971. To Pendine Ranges for use as a range target in 1985 then to Brawdy fire dump in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.
| Registration / Serial: | XL728 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA2 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XL728 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA2 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | RAE - Royal Aircraft Establishment |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Farnborough International 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 713264Submit Correction |
| View count: | 180 |
Taking part in the rescue services flypast at the beginning of the airshow. First flew as Wessex HAS.1 XL728 in 1958. Used for engine development trials. Modified to a Wessex HU.5. To RAE Farnborough by 1971. To Pendine Ranges for use as a range target in 1985 then to Brawdy fire dump in 1988 and scrapped in 1992.
| Registration / Serial: | XL728 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA2 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Farnborough (EGLF / FAB)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 7 September 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT668 |
| Military Code: | AS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA536 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 72 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Woodford Airshow 1976 |
| Photo Date: | 26 June 1976 |
| Photo by: | Shaun ConnorContact |
| Photo ID: | 712624Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
| Registration / Serial: | XT668 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA536 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 26 June 1976 |
| Photo by: | Shaun ConnorContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT668 |
| Military Code: | AS |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA536 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | 72 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Woodford Airshow 1976 |
| Photo Date: | 26 June 1976 |
| Photo by: | Shaun ConnorContact |
| Photo ID: | 712624Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
| Registration / Serial: | XT668 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA536 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Manchester - Woodford (EGCD) (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 26 June 1976 |
| Photo by: | Shaun ConnorContact |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA196 |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Photo ID: | 710647Submit Correction |
| View count: | 122 |
Registration revoked in 2013 after a bid to use ex RAF Wessexes for logging was rejected . Restored to the register in 2023 as ZK-HMF Tony Arbon photo
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBE |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA196 |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA196 |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Photo ID: | 710647Submit Correction |
| View count: | 122 |
Registration revoked in 2013 after a bid to use ex RAF Wessexes for logging was rejected . Restored to the register in 2023 as ZK-HMF Tony Arbon photo
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBE |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA196 |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBF |
| Alternate Registration: | HBF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA533 |
| Display Paint: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Photo ID: | 710324Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
Heli-Logging acquired a fleet of ex RAF Wessexes to use in logging. The plan was thwarted by authorities and ZK-HBF (ex XT606) had its registration revoked in 2008. At the time of upload believed to be preserved at Tauranga. Tony Arbon photo
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBF |
| Alternate Registration: | HBF |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA533 |
| Display Paint: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBF |
| Alternate Registration: | HBF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA533 |
| Display Paint: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Photo ID: | 710324Submit Correction |
| View count: | 100 |
Heli-Logging acquired a fleet of ex RAF Wessexes to use in logging. The plan was thwarted by authorities and ZK-HBF (ex XT606) had its registration revoked in 2008. At the time of upload believed to be preserved at Tauranga. Tony Arbon photo
| Registration / Serial: | ZK-HBF |
| Alternate Registration: | HBF |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA533 |
| Display Paint: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Area: | Stratford - 210 East Road [ Off-Airport ] | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 23 April 2003 |
| Photo from: | AustAirData CollectionWebsite |
| Registration / Serial: | XT771 |
| Military Code: | PO-620 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA553 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | 772 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Yeovilton International Air Day 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 4 August 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 709161Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XT771 in 1967. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2761 in 1988. Moved to Gosport and changed to A2673 in 1995 then to Yeovilton in 2006 and Culdrose in 2014. To Historic Helicopters, Higer Purtington, Somerset in 2017.
| Registration / Serial: | XT771 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA553 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 4 August 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT771 |
| Military Code: | PO-620 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA553 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | 772 Sqn |
| City / Airport: | Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Yeovilton International Air Day 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 4 August 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 709161Submit Correction |
| View count: | 133 |
Delivered to the Royal Navy as XT771 in 1967. To Lee-on-Solent for use as ground trainer A2761 in 1988. Moved to Gosport and changed to A2673 in 1995 then to Yeovilton in 2006 and Culdrose in 2014. To Historic Helicopters, Higer Purtington, Somerset in 2017.
| Registration / Serial: | XT771 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA553 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Yeovilton (EGDY / YEO)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 4 August 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-226 |
| Military Code: | 836 |
| Other Marks: | 36 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA226 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Fleet Air Arm Museum |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 708304Submit Correction |
| View count: | 93 |
First flown 1963, with 817 Sqdn mid-1970s and withdrawn at the end of 1989
| Registration / Serial: | N7-226 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA226 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-226 |
| Military Code: | 836 |
| Other Marks: | 36 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA226 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Fleet Air Arm Museum |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 708304Submit Correction |
| View count: | 93 |
First flown 1963, with 817 Sqdn mid-1970s and withdrawn at the end of 1989
| Registration / Serial: | N7-226 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31B |
| C/n (msn): | WA226 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Nowra (YSNW / NOA)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT604 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA531 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Air Show 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 705883Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
Delivered to the RAF as XT604 in 1966. Withdrawn from use in 2000. To East Midlands Aeropark for preservation in 2002.
| Registration / Serial: | XT604 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA531 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | XT604 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA531 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Air Show 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 705883Submit Correction |
| View count: | 138 |
Delivered to the RAF as XT604 in 1966. Withdrawn from use in 2000. To East Midlands Aeropark for preservation in 2002.
| Registration / Serial: | XT604 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HC.2 |
| C/n (msn): | WA531 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Air Show 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 705875Submit Correction |
| View count: | 123 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | XS509 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA178 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| 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 |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Event: | International Air Show 1984 |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Photo ID: | 705875Submit Correction |
| View count: | 123 |
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.
| Registration / Serial: | XS509 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HU.5 |
| C/n (msn): | WA178 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Middle Wallop (EGVP)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 July 1984 |
| Photo by: | Paul SeymourContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-222 |
| Military Code: | 832/32 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A |
| C/n (msn): | WA222 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 703414Submit Correction |
| View count: | 129 |
One of 27 Wessex helicopters operated by the RAN between 1962 and 1989. It was damaged in a forced landing on a beach near Rockhampton in November 1974 and was airlifted out by a Chinook. Returned to service and lastly used as a training aid at Wagga Wagga, it entered the FAA Museum at Nowra in 2015 later moving on to HARS. N7-226 is now displayed instead at Nowra.
| Registration / Serial: | N7-222 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A |
| C/n (msn): | WA222 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N7-222 |
| Military Code: | 832/32 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-58 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-58 Wessex |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A |
| C/n (msn): | WA222 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Collection: | Historical Aircraft Restoration Society - HARS |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 703414Submit Correction |
| View count: | 129 |
One of 27 Wessex helicopters operated by the RAN between 1962 and 1989. It was damaged in a forced landing on a beach near Rockhampton in November 1974 and was airlifted out by a Chinook. Returned to service and lastly used as a training aid at Wagga Wagga, it entered the FAA Museum at Nowra in 2015 later moving on to HARS. N7-226 is now displayed instead at Nowra.
| Registration / Serial: | N7-222 |
| Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-58 Wessex HAS.31A |
| C/n (msn): | WA222 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Navy |
| City / Airport: | Shellharbour (YSHL / WOL)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 10 November 2023 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |