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  • Dave Gibbings is a former Chief Flight Test Engineer at Westland and remembers the bravery of Harald Penrose who was Westland's Chief Test pilot from 1931 to 1953

    Dave Gibbings is a former Chief Flight Test Engineer at Westland and remembers the bravery of Harald Penrose who was Westland's Chief Test pilot from 1931 to 1953

    https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Dave-Gibbings-Harold-Penrose-.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

    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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