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First flight was on the 31st August 1962. Now on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum in the Northern Territory.
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One of twenty seven Wessex helicopters built for the Royal Australian Navy. It first flew in August 1963 and served on HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Stalwart. It became an instructional airframe in 1987 before going on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Nowra. Currently on display at the South Australian Air Museum.
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Australian National Aviation Museum [Canon XSi + EF-S 18-55 IS]
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First used by the Royal Australian Navy from 1963, This aircraft was ditched in Jervis Bay in 1978 and never flown again. Later used as a training aid by the Victorian Country Fire Authority and later displayed at a museum at Heathcoat Victoria, receintly transported to Luddenham NSW to be a feature of a paintball facility.
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In storage at RAN Nowra with fading markings.
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On display at the Aviation Museum in Moorabbin
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A rare thing indeed, to see this bird outdoors. The Museum crew were washing the B52 so all displays were outside.
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Preserved at Moorabbin Air Museum. [Canon 300D + Sigma 17-70 DC].
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An RAN Wessex demonstrates a 'topside view' tight turn during the 1988 (Bi-Centennial) Canberra Air Pageant. This HT 723 Sqn aircraft was aquired by the RAN in 1963, and has the word 'Ambulance' on the nose. Photos of flying Wessex helicopters are rarely seen now. Nine of the 27 Wessex helicopters acquired by the RAN were lost in ditchings between 1964 and 1987. Fortunately, only one ditching involved loss of life. (An Aircrewman was killed when Wessex N7-215 (825) ditched off East Sale on 02Dec1983).
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This strategically mobile Military Airfield is the Royal Australian Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMAS MELBOURNE, at Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney in 1969. She was in her hey-day in 1969, flying Skyhawk and Tracker aircraft and Wessex helicopters. Wessex Codes 822, 823 and 830 are visible on her deck. Code 823 was N7-213, acquired in 1963, and written off when she ditched on 13July1977. HMAS MELBOURNE was paid off on 30June1982, and was towed out of Sydney for scrap metal in May 1984.
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Australian Bi-Centennial Air Show. One year later it ditched in the South China Sea and was recovered.
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Part of the South Australian Aviation Museum collection. Previous serial was WA224.
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The crew is enjoying the V8 Touring Cars during the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend.
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The Museum hangar was still not finished at the time.
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Preserved at the Moorabin Air Museum.