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Corgi Diecast - 33412 - 1:72 Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King (33412)
| Product Category: | Aircraft |
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| Product Type: | Helicopter |
| Manufacturer: | Corgi |
In order for Westland to build the Sea King under license from Sikorsky, they received four Sikorsky-built SH-3D Sea Kings, which were transported by sea to Avonmouth for Westlands to examine. They reassembled the Sea Kings with this machine being flown as G-ATYU on October 11, 1966, before being given the military serial XV370 shortly after. It served all its life on tests and trials, initially with Westlands at Yeovil, before being transferred to the Empire Test Pilots’ School at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire for helicopter test pilots to train on.