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    Airframe Family: Aerospatiale SA-341/342 Gazelle
    Latest Model:Gazelle HT.3
    Last Military Serial:XW902 RAF
    Construction Number:1199
    Last Civil Registration:G-RBIL
    Compressed ID:Aerospatiale Gazelle HT.3 sn XW902...
    Latest Owner or Location:Paul John Whitaker, Tilehurst, Reading

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Gazelle HT.3.

    9 April 1974

    First flight.

    9 May 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XW902.

    By 1982

    Transferred to Central Flying School, RAF Shawbury.

    By 1982

    Markings Applied: H

    25 July 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Middle Wallop Air Show

    1984

    Transferred to 2 FTS, RAF Shawbury.

    By 1995

    Transferred to 18 SQN, RAF Laarbruch, FRG.

    By 1997

    Transferred to 2 FTS, RAF Shawbury.

    By 1998

    Assigned to RAF Shawbury for storage.

    By 2002

    To Qinetiq, Boscombe Down.
    For spares use.

    By 2010

    To Private owner, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hants.

    From 17 February 2010 to 13 December 2013

    To Paul John Whitaker with new c/r G-CGJY.

    13 December 2013

    To Paul John Whitaker, Tilehurst, Reading with new c/r G-RBIL (GAZELLE HT.MK3, 1199).
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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