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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:Whirlwind HAR.3
    Last Military Serial:XG576 RN
    Construction Number:WA 71/F8-219
    Last Civil Registration:G-AYNP
    Compressed ID:Westland Whirlwind HAR.3 sn XG576 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Denis Foets NV, Beringen, Balen, Vlaams Gewest

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Whirlwind HAR.3 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    From 16 August 1955 to 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XG576.

    December 1970

    To Bristow Helicopters Ltd, with new c/r G-AYNP.

    1975

    To Court Helicopters, ZA with new c/r ZS-HCY.

    From 18 July 1977 to 22 February 1994

    To Bristow Helicopters Ltd, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill with new c/r G-AYNP (WESTLAND S55 SERIES 3, WA71).

    1994

    To The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
    Stored.
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    June 1994

    To Aviation Technology Museum, Airport Region Berlin Brandenburg, Berlin, Berlin.
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    2002

    To Verlag Heinz Nickel (Verlag VDM), Zweibrucken, Germany.
    As a Gate Guard.

    2006

    To Sammler-Und Hobbywelt, Alten-Buseck, Hesse.
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    24 September 2011


    Photographer: Thorsten Ruchel

    January 2015

    To PS Aero, Baarlo, Limburg.
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    8 November 2015


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Baarlo, Netherlands

    2018

    To Denis Foets NV, Beringen, Balen, Vlaams Gewest.
    Gate Guard on a roof top.
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    Thorsten Ruchel
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