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World Helicopter Speed Record
World Helicopter Speed Record
A film - Westland ONE - about the World Helicopter Speed Record set by G-LYNX 11th August 1986
Breaking the World Helicopter Speed Record symposium
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
Don Berrington was Managing Director of the Helicopter Division at Westland when the world helicopter speed record was set by G-Lynx
https://www.westland100.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Don-Berrington-clip-World-Heli-record-.mp3
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
Unveiling of stone plaque at Westhay, nr Glastonbury, 11th August 2016, to mark 30th anniversary of the World Helicopter Speed Record, set by G Lynx, built by Westland in Yeovil, 11th August 1986
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