Westland Wasp HAS1, G-BMIR / F9670, Xray Tango Helicopter Club
This picture is © Glyn Charles Jones and may not be used or published without permission.
Registration: G-BMIR
Construction Number: F9670
Code Number: XT788 / 474
Model Westland Wasp HAS1
Operator: Xray Tango Helicopter Club
Airport: Feltham Middlesex - Tesco Store, UK - England
Photographer: Glyn Charles Jones
Date Taken: 29/01/2009
Date Submitted: 09/02/2010
Parked in the Tesco supermarket car park at Dukes Green, Feltham Middlesex, just a mile from London-Heathrow Airport. It was there to raise funds for the British Helicopter Fund of the Xray Tango Helicopter Club as part of its restoration. Built in 1962. It is shown in the colours of Royal Navy as XT788/474 which was its previous registration. It served with H.M.S. Zulu and took part in the Falklands conflict. Part of the helicopter came from G-BKLJ which was previously 5X-UUX and G-17-2.
Picture ID:1213928