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1950 to 2015

  • Clive Guest was Crew Chief on G-Lynx when it set the World Helicopter Speed Record 11th August 1986

    Clive Guest was Crew Chief on G-Lynx when it set the World Helicopter Speed Record 11th August 1986

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Clive-Guest-clip-G-Lynx-modifications.mp3
  • Colin Hague was Chief Test pilot at Westland and recalls his first day working at the Yeovil factory

    Colin Hague was Chief Test pilot at Westland and recalls his first day working at the Yeovil factory

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Colin-Hague-My-First-Day-clip.mp3
  • Geoff Byham was Chief Engineer at Westland and remembers working on the development of the Wildcat

    Geoff Byham was Chief Engineer at Westland and remembers working on the development of the Wildcat

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Geoff-Byham-Lynx-to-Wildcat-.mp3
  • John Groves joined Westland in 1948 as an apprentice Design Engineer and the first helicopter he worked on was the Wyvern

    John Groves joined Westland in 1948 as an apprentice Design Engineer and the first helicopter he worked on was the Wyvern

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/John-Groves-Wyvern-clip.mp3
  • June Coleman was Manager of the Travel Department and remembers when women were in a minority at Westland

    June Coleman was Manager of the Travel Department and remembers when women were in a minority at Westland

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/June-Coleman-5222-women-in-the-work-place-.mp3
  • Norman Pilton built gear boxes at Westland and remembers when the factory had its own railway

    Norman Pilton built gear boxes at Westland and remembers when the factory had its own railway

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Norman-Pilton-4122-Hendford-Halt-Westlands-own-railway.mp3
  • Paul Murley joined Westland in 1945 as an Apprentice Engineer straight from school and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. One of his most memorable moments was watching the first test flight of the EH101

    Paul Murley joined Westland in 1945 as an Apprentice Engineer straight from school and rose to the position of Engineering Services Manager completing 44 yrs service. One of his most memorable moments was watching the first test flight of the EH101

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Paul-Murley-EH101-first-flight-Lynx-prototypes-.mp3
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