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: 288
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: 288
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