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Don Berrington
Don Berrington
Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland but at the height of the Westland Affair in the mid-1980's he was put-in charge of the whole company
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland when the world helicopter speed record was set by G-Lynx
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He became skilled at selling helicopters and many of the big orders won by the company were negotiated by him
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He joined the company in 1950 and remembers being an active member of the Apprentices Association
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He remembers how a problem with taking photographs during test flights was solved with a pair of ladies knickers
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland. He remembers joining the company in 1950 as an Apprentice
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Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopters Division at Westland. He remembers the Westland Affair of 1985/6 when a cancelled order by the Indian government for the WG 30 sent the company into financial meltdown
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