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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:WS-55-Series 3 Whirlwind
    Construction Number:WA.113
    Last Civil Registration:9Y-TDA
    Compressed ID:Westland WS-55-Series 3 cn WA.113 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset - North, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1955

    Constructed as a WS-55-Series 1 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    August 1955

    First flight.

    To Shell Petroleum Company with new c/r G-AODA.
    Operated in the Persian Gulf area supporting offshore oil installations.

    1965

    Converted to a WS-55-Series 3 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    July 1965

    First flight.
    First post-conversion flight.

    To Bristow Helicopters.

    Remained based at Redhill for pilot training and charter operations.

    To unknown owner with c/r EP-HAC.

    19 November 1974

    To Bristow Helicopters Ltd, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill with new c/r G-AODA (WESTLAND S55 SERIES 3, WA113).

    27 February 1975


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Westland S.55 of Bristow Helicopters Limited as seen at their Redhill base in Surrey in February 1975.

    From 1980 to 1990

    Remained airworthy and continued to fly.

    1993

    To The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
    Donated to the museum by Bristow Helicopters.
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    23 September 1993

    Civil registration, G-AODA, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r 9Y-TDA.

    By 24 July 2009

    Markings Applied: G-AODA

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 photo at The Helicopter Museum

    16 September 2017


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England
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     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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