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Ian Penrose
Ian Penrose
Harald Penrose was Westland Chief Test Pilot between 1932 and '53. His son, Ian Penrose, recalls his father's role in the first flight over Everest
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ian-Penrose-flight-over-Everest-clip-1.mp3
Harald Penrose was Westland Chief Test Pilot from 1932 to '53. His son, Ian Penrose, recalls his father's role in the development of the Wyvern and the first helicopter built at the Yeovil factory the Dragonfly
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ian-Penrose-Wyvern-clip-1.mp3
Harald Penrose was Westland Chief Test Pilot from 1932 to '53. His son, Ian Penrose, recalls how his father's ambition had always been to fly the moon
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ian-Penrose-man-on-moon-clip.mp3
Harald Penrose was Westland's Chief Test Pilot 1931 to 1953. His son, Ian Penrose, recalls how fate was to play a hand in getting his father's flying career off the ground
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Ian-Penrose-Harald-Penrose-early-career-1.mp3
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