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Brantly B-2B, N276SA, is based in West Cornwall. Built in 1967, it is powered by one, 200hp, Lycoming 10360 piston engine. Privately owned WS Gazelle HT3, XW858 (G-DMSS). Built in 1973, it served at RAF Ternhill with CFS(H). Agusta Bell 206B JetRanger 2, G-SPEY, was built in 1981 and is owned by Graham Elliot. It is based near Luton, Bedfordshire.
Westland Lynx HAS3S, XZ733, from the Navy's 702 Squadron, the Lynx training unit based at Yeovilton, stayed for 6 hours.  Bell 206B JetRanger 3, G-PERZ, flew in from Wellesbourne. It was built in 1996 and previously registered as N6272T. G-OASH, one of two Robinson R-22 Betas visiting from Heliflight Ltd, departing Beach Lawns on the Sunday morning.
Eurocopter Bö105DBS, G-NAAB, used by Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, performed more than 3000 missions in 5 years. Another view of the AS.532U2 Cougar Mk.II , S-447, from 300 Sqn of the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Soesterberg. Bell Griffin HT.1, ZJ242, used at Valley, in North Wales. by the DHFS administered SAR training unit for the RAF. 
Thanks to Chris Donald for above three copyright photographs.
Arriving together and landing in quick succession, on Sunday morning, were three Schweizer 269Cs, G-OGOB (left), G-BXRP (centre) and G-OJAE (right). G-OJAE is probably more correctly described as a Hughes 269C since it was built in 1980, before Schweizer purchased the rights to the 269 series in 1986. All three had flown from Dunkeswell in south-east Devon.
The Crews of the Military Helicopters at Weston-super-Helidays in July 2005
Photograph ? Chris Donald
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