Aircraft Photo of WG719 | Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR5 | UK - Navy | AirHistory.net #657118
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:WG719
Military Code:97
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Westland WS-51 Dragonfly
Aircraft Version:Westland WS-51 Dragonfly HR5
C/n (msn):WA/H/50
Operator Titles:UK - Navy
Location
City / Airport:Old WardenMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGTH   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Fleet Air Arm Museum
Event:Shuttleworth Naval Aviation Display 1974
 
Photo Date:28 July 1974
Photo by:Terry Dann
Photo ID: 657118
Photo Comment

SOC and sold to Twyford Moors Helicopters on 5th May 1970. To the Fleet Air Arm Museum by road 15th June 1974 and here seen as a static exhibit at Shuttleworth's Naval Aviation Display 6 weeks later. The code '97'is on the open hatch below the rotor head. Registered to the British Rotorcraft Museum (later International Helicopter Museum) Weston-super-Mare as G-BRMA in June 1978 and current in 2024 as WG719.

This photo is copyright © Terry Dann, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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