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    Airframe Family: Saunders-Roe (Saro) P.531 / Westland Scout AH.1/Wasp HAS.1
    Latest Model:Wasp HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:NZ3912 RNZN
    Construction Number:F9559
    Compressed ID:Westland Wasp HAS.1 sn NZ3912 RNZN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic Aircraft Collection, Silverdale, Dairy Flat, Auckland, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Wasp HAS.1 by Westland.

    12 July 1963

    First flight.

    22 July 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XS532.

    6 February 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.
    Noted in storage at Wroughton.

    25 April 1985

    Transported by ground.
    From RNAY Wroughton to RAF Lyneham.

    Circa April 1985

    Transported by air.
    To New Zealand by C-130.

    From 1985 to 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Navy with s/n NZ3912.
    For Spares - NZ Serial NZ 3912 allocated but never worn.

    1987

    To Classic Aircraft Collection, Silverdale, Dairy Flat, Auckland, North Island.
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    1999

    Noted in hangar at Dairy Flat Airfield 1999 carrying code /406.
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