Westland WS-55 Whirlwind Srs.3, G-AYNP / WA.71, Bristow Helicopters (UH / BHL)
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Registration: G-AYNP
Construction Number: WA.71
Code Number: Cyonus
Model Westland WS-55 Whirlwind Srs.3
Operator: Bristow Helicopters (UH / BHL)
Airport: Exeter (EXT / EGTE), UK - England
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 23/02/1978
Date Submitted: 01/02/2015
Ex ZS-HCY, G-AYNP, XG576. Registration cancelled as pwfu 22/2/94. In use with a number of other helicopters, airlifting supplies into remote locations on Dartmoor cut off by a very heavy snowstorm. Preserved since 1999 at Sammler und Hobbywelt (Collectors and Hobbyworld) Museum at Buseck, Germany, painted as XG576 in blue/dayglo scheme.
Picture ID:1483405