Serial | WA.267 | |||||||||||||||
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First Flight | 07.8.1959 | |||||||||||||||
Model | Whirlwind HAR.10 | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | HCC.8 cvtd to HAR.10 by Westland 25.5.1964 & f/f as such 23.6.1955; d/d 29.6.1965; w/o 08.5.1980 at RAF Shawbury when a faulty pitch link between the flying controls & the main rotor blades caused the a/c to enter an uncontrolled rolling dive & strike the ground; the fuselage bounced, cartwheeled and broke up before ending up on its starboard side (with 2 FTS); | |||||||||||||||
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