Augusta Westland Yeovil (EGHG/...) 2014 MIL

[Le Addeur noir]

Friday 06th June,

Noted here between 09.30 and 14.00 LT,

ZR335 AW101-640 for Saudi Arabia as HMH-2 in full colours
ZR353 AW101-611 for Aeronautica Militare (in primer)
ZH835 CU Merlin HM.2
ZH840 67 Merlin HM.2
ZZ388 Wildcat AH.1
ZZ402 Wildcat HMA.2
ZZ415 Wildcat HMA.2

[Koen L]

Seen during a brief stop on the 17th were Merlins ZR339 and ZR343.

Koen

[Le Addeur noir]

Wednesday 23rd July,

Noted here in the afternoon,

ZZ402 Wildcat HMA.2
ZZ415 Wildcat HMA.2

[jreijmer]

Seen during a brief stop on the 17th were Merlins ZR339 and ZR343.

Koen

Interesting! Which colors were these two in? Still wearing their Indian colors or meanwhile Nigerian?

Jeroen

[Koen L]

ZR339 was still in the demonstrator colourscheme and ZR343 was just overall grey, the Indian markings have been painted over.

[Le Addeur noir]

Thursday 24th July,

Seen here,

ZR352 15-01 HH-101A for AMI,15 Stormo dep 14.40 LT to EGDY
MM81... 3-12 NH90 NFH MMI (arrived here from EGLF on 21st July)
ZZ385 Wildcat AH.1

[patrick dirksen]

MM81... 3-12 NH90 NFH MMI

3-12 is the one from Farnborough, MM81588. This has c/n 1328 (with the last digit difficult to read though).

[erik_kamphuis]

Seen here Friday 25th at ca 16.30LT:
Outside was Wildcat ZZ402 and was towed in hangar later.
In hangar were about 3 toprotors visible (grey) from NH.90/Merlin/...

Stored at the gate were from left to right:
ex Danish Lynx S-181
a Lynx all covered under a green plastic, is this the Super Lynx 300 ZT800 ??
also Westland WG.30 G-BKKI was stored here and a Lynx? cockpit in white plastic covered.

If anyone can help with the Lynx in between the S-181 and G-BKKI?

TIA,
Erik

[Le Addeur noir]

On Thursday 07th August, resident trials fleet Wildcat HMA.2 ZZ402 was delivered out to Boscombe Down.

Credit to Fighter Control for this.