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Diversification

  • When orders for aircraft were flat, Westland would make other products to help balance the books. Joseph Lewis, Heritage Co-ordinator at the South Somerset Community Access Heritage Centre in Yeovil recalls that Pianola's and an early type of adding machines were some of the many inventions made by Westland

    When orders for aircraft were flat, Westland would make other products to help balance the books. Joseph Lewis, Heritage Co-ordinator at the South Somerset Community Access Heritage Centre in Yeovil recalls that Pianola's and an early type of adding machines were some of the many inventions made by Westland

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