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Jane Egginton
Jane Egginton
Jane Egginton is the daughter of former Westland Chief Test Pilot Trevor Egginton and recalls the day in August 1986 when her father set a new World Helicopter Speed Record flying G-Lynx over a 2 mile measured course on the Somerset Levels at 249.1 mph - a record that 30 yrs on has never been beaten
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Jane-Egginton-world-speed-record-clip.mp3
Jane Egginton is the daughter of former Westland Chief Test Pilot Trevor Egginton and remembers her father starting his flying career with the RAF as a fixed wing pilot
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Jane-Egginton-brave-clip.mp3
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