Purtington
PURTINGTON: Historic helicopter base
Aerial detail 2018
Area view
Note: Both of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Operated by: Historic Helicopters
Location: S of the A30, just N of Purtington and 4.5nm ENE of Chard town centre
Period of operation: 2018(?) to
NOTES: This is a very important addition to the Historic aviation scene in the UK. The main idea is to keep these helicopters in flying condition to be displayed at events and airshows. Well worth a Google to look at their website.
In 2020 the fleet was listed as:
Westland Whirlwind HAR10 - XJ729
Two Westland Wessex HU5s - XT761 and XT771
Two Westland Sea Kings - the HAR3 XZ597 and the HC4 ZF122
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