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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 / HRS / HO4S / Whirlwind
    Latest Model:Whirlwind HAS.7
    Last Military Serial:XK940 RN
    Construction Number:WAH.167
    Last Civil Registration:G-AYXT
    Compressed ID:Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 sn XK940 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset - North, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a Whirlwind HAS.7 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    2 September 1957

    First flight.
    Piloted by J. Frazer.

    13 September 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XK940.

    Transferred to No. 845 NAS on HMS Bulwark.

    Transferred to No. 845 NAS on HMS Centaur.

    Transferred to No. 825 NAS, HMS Ark Royal.

    1971

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.
    Retired.

    28 April 1971

    To Autair Helicopter Services Ltd with new c/r G-AYXT.

    1991

    Restored.
    Returned to flying condition.

    1 September 1995

    To Graham Paul Hinkley, Channonz Hall, Aslacton, Norwich keeping c/r G-AYXT.

    6 June 2000

    Placed on display with The Helicopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset-North, England.
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    8 August 2000

    Civil registration, G-AYXT, cancelled.

    24 July 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 photo at The Helicopter Museum
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943 (2011, ISBN 0-85130-304-9) by Lee Howard, Mick Burrow amp; Eric Myall
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     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
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