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Cobham Bell 412 Support for QinetiQ
02-Jun-16 - Cobham sign contract to provide Helicopter support to the UK Empire Test Pilots’ School and Rotary Wing Test and Evaluation Squadron. A Bell 412 Griffin HAR.2 will be based at MOD Boscombe Down
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Aircraft & Armament Evaluation Establishment List of helicopters |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
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11131 | aw109e | 2001 | QQ100 : Visited Bournemouth from A&AEE Boscombe Down on 29 Oct 2018 | - B-7770 D-HARY - EI-TWO G-CFVB G-CFVB - G-ETPI | |||
wa/h/008 | hr.1 | 1949 | VX595 : HR.1 ff 18 Jun 1949, rotor development airframe at Yeovil but also time sp+ | VX595 VX595 | |||
W.14/4 w/o 1953 | Skeeter 3 | 1951 | WF113 : trials for Army at A&AEE, mediocre results : To A&AEE during Mar 1953, but resonance problems remained. | ||||
W.14/5 | Skeeter 4 | 1952 | WF114 : to A&AEE during Mar 1953 for trials - resonance issues remained. | ||||
wa/h/031 | hr.3 | 1952 | WG661 : ff Feb 1952. A&AEE by Apr 1952; Westland by Dec 1952; A&AEE by Oct 1958 fo+ | - WG661 | |||
wa/h/028 w/o 1953 | hr.3 | WG714 : 21 Oct 1953 heavy landing c 2nm E of Boscombe Down, after control and inst+ | |||||
wa/h/056 | hr.3 | 1952 | WG725 : Del Nov 1952; A&AEE D Sq by Jan 1953; sent to Holland for flood relief wor+ | WG725 WG725 - 0020 WG725 | |||
12891 | Sycamore 3 | 1949 | WT933 : A&AEE for tropical trials in Sudan and Nairobi (1951) and later used for i+ | G-ALSW WT933 | |||
12896 w/o 1958 | Sycamore 3 | 1950 | WT939 : Cold weather trials. w/o 4 Jan 1958 at Boscombe Down while with A&AEE | - G-ALTB | |||
wa 3 w/o 1955 | har.1 | 1953 | XA863 : to A&AEE to determine performance envelope. | XA863 XA863 | |||
13144 w/o 1954 | Sycamore 4 | 1952 | XE306 : HR.14 Del Nov 1953 to A&AEE | XE306 | |||
13145 w/o 1959 | Sycamore 4 | 1952 | XE307 : HR.14 Del A&AEE Nov 1953 | XE307 | |||
13149 w/o 1965 | Sycamore 4 | 1953 | XE308 : 3 Nov 1965 w/o when rolled over on take off from Boscombe Down, while with+ | XE308 | |||
SR.907 | Skeeter 5 | 1952 | XG303 : Allocated XG303 in Mar 1954 for trials as Skeeter 5 by A&AEE Boscombe Down+ | - G-AMDC - G-AMTZ - XG303 | |||
wa 65 Scrapped | har3 | 1955 | XJ401 : Spent c 4 years on various A&AEE and Westland test programmes, before bein+ | XD771 XJ401 G-AYTK G-AYTK VR-BFG - VR-BFG VH-BFG | |||
SR.904 | Skeeter 6 | 1954 | XK773 : w/o 21 Jun 1956 after rotor struck ground and overturned, while with A&AEE+ | - G-ANMG | |||
wa153 | has7 | 1957 | XK906 : Used mostly for trials; Jun 1957 to A&AEE Boscombe Down; Jan 1959 to Westl+ | XK906 | |||
wa 5 | has.1 | 1959 | XM300 : dd Feb 1960 A&AEE Boscombe Down. This was predominantly a trials airframe,+ | XM300 | |||
wa 10 Scrapped | has.1 | 1959 | XM329 : A&AEE by Dec 1959, Westland by May 1960, Trials a/c with AUDE by Jan 1961 + | XM329 | |||
wa 11 | has.1 | 1959 | XM330 : Westland Wessex HAS.1, c/n WA011, f/f:?; del MoD as XM330, Dec59; (Dave Ta+ | - XM330 | |||
wa 18 w/o 1982 | has.1 | 1961 | XM837 : spent winter of 1960/61 in Churchill, Canada with A&AEE for icing / cold w+ | XM837 XM837 | |||
wa 33 Scrapped | has.1 | 1961 | XM874 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by Jan 1963 | XM874 | |||
wa270 | has7 | 1959 | XN258 : to Nigeria as airfreight in RAF Beverley for tropical trials, until end No+ | XN258 XN258 - XN258 | |||
wa121 | hc.2 | 1962 | XR588 : A&AEE | XR588 XR588 | |||
wa152 Scrapped | hu.5 | 1963 | XS241 : prototype Wessex HU.5 f/f 31 May 1963; A&AEE Boscombe Down by Dec 1963; RN+ | XS241 | |||
wa156 | hu.5 | 1963 | XS482 D : A&AEE D Flt/D as de-icing test airframe for RN 1968-1976 | XS482 | |||
f.9543 | Wasp | 1962 | XS527 : Built at Hayes, f/f at White Waltham Jan63 as G-17-3; d/d 1963 to MoD, A&A+ | XS527 | |||
wa239 Scrapped | has.3 | 1964 | XT255 : to A&AEE by May 1965, for various trials and tests | XT255 | |||
wa241 | has.3 | 1965 | XT257 : converted to HAS.3 prototype while on HAS.1 line, Westland and ff 9 May 19+ | XT257 | |||
f.9584 w/o 1967 | Wasp | 1964 | XT414 : f/f 26 Sep 1964, d/d 13 Oct 1964 to A&AEE Boscombe Down and undertook vari+ | XT414 | |||
61-393 | S-61L | 1966 | XV370 : Shipped to UK Oct 1966, with GE T-58-GE-10 engines, subsequently replaced + | N306V G-ATYU G-ATYU | |||
017 Scrapped | has.2 | 1977 | XZ236 : A&AEE Boscombe Down by May 1980 and then until c Sep 1990, spent time betw+ | XZ236 XZ236 XZ236 XZ236 | |||
243 | has.3 | 1981 | ZD249 : MoD; 13+14jun92 A&AEE | ZD249 ZD249 ZD249 - ZD249 | |||
wa 960 | hc.4 | 1986 | ZF115 : MoD; 1990 A&AEE; 1992 A&AEE : 13+14jun92 A&AEE Air Tournament International | ZF115 ZF115 | |||
50049 | hc.3 | 1999 | ZJ118 : First visit to RAF Benson by Merlin HC.3, flown by A&AEE Boscombe Down | ZJ118 ZJ118 ZJ118 |