Leonardo (Yeovil Westland) sightings 2023

[MCB]

Paul,

Polish ZR285, ZR287 and ZR288 have all flown this afternoon.

MCB

[mjcmerlin]

Wednesday 28th

ZR285 AW101 MK614 Poland
ZR287 AW101 MK614 Poland
ZR288 AW101 MK614 Poland
ZZ115 AW101 MK612 Norway
ZH831 Merlin HMA2 AEW FITTED
G-SHDF AW139 Private

[paul simmons]

Paul,

Polish ZR285, ZR287 and ZR288 have all flown this afternoon.

MCB

Many thanks. would have been ZR287 and ZR288 as they were both fully painted. ZR285 is still in primer.

Paul

[EGLL_EGGW-Spotter]

Westland 21 flew over the M5 is morning hex 43C929 was a Merlin, any tie to serial?

[Freeman Lowell]

Westland 21 flew over the M5 is morning hex 43C929 was a Merlin, any tie to serial?

Glenn,
That would be ZR288.
Freeman

[EGLL_EGGW-Spotter]

Excellent, Thank You Freeman

[simongrigor]

Noted at lunchtime on Monday 3rd July:
ZH843 Merlin HM.2
ZR285 AW.101 Poland (primer)
ZR288 AW.101 Poland (full colours) - landed at about 12:20, callsign WHE21

[dannybonny]

Yeovil Westland 4th July 2023

Noted here today were the following:

Outside:

ZH831 Merlin HM2 (AEW)
ZZ100 AW101 primer
ZR285 AW101 primer (pol1) flew as WHE07
ZR288 AW101 full c/s (pol4) flew as WHE21

Inside:

Glimpses of small sections of fuselage behind the tooling could be seen of both
(7T-WVB) AW101
(ZZ115) AW101

[dannybonny]

Yeovil Westland Thursday 6th July 2023

Noted outside here this morning at 10:00am were the following:

ZH831 Merlin HM2 (AEW)
ZR285 AW101 primer (pol1)
ZR288 AW101 full c/s (pol4) departed at 10:12 as WHE21

[dannybonny]

Yeovil Westland Thursday 6th July 2023 part2

A return here this afternoon at 2:15pm found the following outside:

ZH831 Merlin HM2 (AEW)
ZR285 AW101 primer (pol1)
ZZ100 AW101 primer (nor1)
0284 AW101 full c/s (ex ZZ115)

[Malcolm]

11th July 2023 08:45
Visible on the ramp from the bedroom window at 08:045 (I overslept!) was

0284 Merlin for Norway

Norwegian serial uncovered, and no UK serial and all rotors/tail feathers attached. This would suggest delivery sometime today.

Cheers
Malcolm

[Wrecks]

Does anyone know which Polish (full colours) did fly today as WHE21 ?

[Freeman Lowell]

Does anyone know which Polish (full colours) did fly today as WHE21 ?

Wrecks,
ADSB shows WHE21 was hex 43C929 this afternoon. ZR288 is currently using this hex code.
Freeman

[Wrecks]

Does anyone know which Polish (full colours) did fly today as WHE21 ?

Wrecks,
ADSB shows WHE21 was hex 43C929 this afternoon. ZR288 is currently using this hex code.
Freeman

Thanks

[Judwin71]

Flying at 1130 as WHE01 03C926 ??

[norwichmike]

Flying at 1130 as WHE01 03C926 ??

I popped in yesterday afternoon and 3 were outside

ZR285 - Primer
ZR287 - Full Polish livery
ZR289 - Full Polish livery

As ZR285 should use code 43C296 and the other pair used their correct hex codes I think it is safe to say ZR285 is miscoded as 03C296 currently.

Another primer EH101 was inside, Would this be ZZ100 would anyone happen to know?

Regards

Mike B

[Malcolm]

Flying at 1130 as WHE01 03C926 ??

I popped in yesterday afternoon and 3 were outside

ZR285 - Primer
ZR287 - Full Polish livery
ZR289 - Full Polish livery

As ZR285 should use code 43C296 and the other pair used their correct hex codes I think it is safe to say ZR285 is miscoded as 03C296 currently.

Another primer EH101 was inside, Would this be ZZ100 would anyone happen to know?

Regards

Mike B

I don't think there is a ZR289, the 4 Polish ones are ZR285,286,287 and 288. 285 is primer still, the other 3 are fully painted, so you may struggle to fudge up whether you really saw 286 or 288.

[norwichmike]

Flying at 1130 as WHE01 03C926 ??

I popped in yesterday afternoon and 3 were outside

ZR285 - Primer
ZR287 - Full Polish livery
ZR289 - Full Polish livery

As ZR285 should use code 43C296 and the other pair used their correct hex codes I think it is safe to say ZR285 is miscoded as 03C296 currently.

Another primer EH101 was inside, Would this be ZZ100 would anyone happen to know?

Regards

Mike B

I don't think there is a ZR289, the 4 Polish ones are ZR285,286,287 and 288. 285 is primer still, the other 3 are fully painted, so you may struggle to fudge up whether you really saw 286 or 288.

Doh! Sorry it was ZR288 I saw outside, Fat fingers when typing!

Regards

MikeB

[RAF4EVER]

On Friday afternoon 21 July at about 1535 I saw 2 x EH101 in primer flying,was sitting outside Greggs by Leonardo at the time,and had no binoculars at the time

Thanks in advance

Geoff

[Gladio]

03C926 WHE01 primer northbound over Upwey 1645L 25/07/2023