Sycamore visits Weston -with a Belvedere to follow

摘要

The Salzburg-based Flying Bulls' Bristol Sycamore Mk52 - the world's only airworthy example of Britain's first production helicopter - arrived at The Helicopter Museum (THM) in Weston-super-Mare during the morning of 11 June, the day after its first UK airshow appearance at RAF Cosford. The historic machine, OE-XSY (c 13475), had left Salzburg on 7 June, flown by Siegfried Schwarz, and accompanied by the Flying Bulls' MBB Bo 105 D-HTDM. After several stops en route it made landfall in the UK at Lydd, the first time a Sycamore had been seen in English skies since the type was withdrawn from use in the VIP transport role with No 32 Squadron at RAF Northolt during 1972.