Registration / Serial: | XL899 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-55 Whirlwind |
Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9 |
C/n (msn): | WA238/WAF18 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
City / Airport: | Culdrose (EGDR)Map |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Event: | Culdrose Air Day 1966 |
Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
Photo by: | Mike CainContact |
Photo ID: | 474895Submit Correction |
View count: | 375 |
Originally built as a Whirlwind HAS7, f/f 24th October 1958. Delivered to FAA 8th December 1958. Converted to Whirlwind HAR9 by Westland Jan.1965-Feb.1966. Allocated to the flight aboard the Antarctic patrol ship HMS Protector by July 1966 (hence the penguin symbol displayed on the aircraft) to October 1966. Eventually to Predannack by December 1980 and ended its days there in 1993.
Registration / Serial: | XL899 |
Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9 |
C/n (msn): | WA238/WAF18 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
City / Airport: | Culdrose (EGDR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
Photo by: | Mike CainContact |
Registration / Serial: | XL899 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-55 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Westland WS-55 Whirlwind |
Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9 |
C/n (msn): | WA238/WAF18 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
City / Airport: | Culdrose (EGDR)Map |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Event: | Culdrose Air Day 1966 |
Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
Photo by: | Mike CainContact |
Photo ID: | 474895Submit Correction |
View count: | 375 |
Originally built as a Whirlwind HAS7, f/f 24th October 1958. Delivered to FAA 8th December 1958. Converted to Whirlwind HAR9 by Westland Jan.1965-Feb.1966. Allocated to the flight aboard the Antarctic patrol ship HMS Protector by July 1966 (hence the penguin symbol displayed on the aircraft) to October 1966. Eventually to Predannack by December 1980 and ended its days there in 1993.
Registration / Serial: | XL899 |
Aircraft Version: | Westland WS-55-3 Whirlwind HAR9 |
C/n (msn): | WA238/WAF18 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Navy |
City / Airport: | Culdrose (EGDR)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Photo Date: | 23 July 1966 |
Photo by: | Mike CainContact |