On 01/04/2014 13:34, Ramsman wrote:
>> On 01/04/2014 08:06, Ramsman wrote:
>>>> On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
>>>>> Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
>>>>> better than the Barracuda to me.
>>>>> But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
>>>>> beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(fighter)
>>>>> Claus
>>>>
>>>> Hi Claus,
>>>>
>>>> I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og
>>>>
>>>> http://www.britishpathe.com/video/whirlwind-fighter-squadron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you for posting those Ricardo. First time I've seen Whirlwinds in
>>> flight. Such an elegant aircraft. I first came across it as an Airfix
>>> kit way back when. Two bob at Woolies, I think.
>>>
>>> By the time I started work at Yeovil, Westlands were well into the
>>> helicopter era, in fact I was involved in the computer side of Sea King
>>> production.
>>>
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> Ah yes, those Airfix kits that contributed so much to our youth. I
>> remember the anxious waits for Woollies to put the latest Airfix
>> offerings on sale, pocket money clutched in hot little hands.
>>
>> Strange to relate, helicopters were never Westland's forte in that they
>> only became involved by government decree, at which time they took over
>> Bristol's extensive work in that field. However, their subsequent
>> expertise has made them world contributors.
>>
>> Here's a few Bristol bits at the Helicopter Museum at Weston.
>>
>
> Yet another exclusive Airfix kit! I've still got an unmade one in the
> loft (along with many other kits).
>
> Westland also took over Fairey and Saunders-Roe/British Hovercraft
> Corporation, and of course there were the contacts with the French.
>
> Too many stories to of my time in Yeovil to relate here, mostly happy
> ones, especially those involving beer, rugby and/or sex, but not
> necessarily in that order!
>
>
Ah, don't we all have a tale to tell! Or maybe it's better that we don't.
;-)
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