• Skip to content
 
  • Log in
  • Contact us
Westland100 Years of History
The story of Yeovil's magnificent flying machines
  • Home
  • About
  • History of Westland
  • Topics
  • Contributors
  • Oral histories
  • Get involved
You are here: Home>Topics>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

    A film - Westland ONE - about the World Helicopter Speed Record set by G-LYNX 11th August 1986

  • Breaking the World Helicopter Speed Record symposium

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

Topics
  • Trade unions
  • My working day
  • My first day
  • Westland Affair
  • Test pilots
  • Fun days
  • Women in the workplace
  • How I did my job
  • Aircraft types
  • World War 1: the beginning
  • The interwar and experimental age
  • World War 11: wartime production
  • 1950 to 2015
  • World Helicopter Speed Record
  • Canteen
  • Health and Safety
  • Wages
  • Computerisation
  • Hendford Halt
  • Progress chasers
  • VH 71 American Presidential Helicopter
  • Apprentices
  • Westland 'shadow' factories
  • Crash landings
  • Sport and leisure
  • Getting to work and leaving work
  • Staff and manual
  • Blade shop
  • Royal visits
  • Petter family
  • Harald Penrose
  • WG30
  • Falklands war
  • Diversification
  • No Joke Working at Westland
Radio Ninesprings (opens in new window) Heritage Lottery Fund (opens in new window) Yeovil College (opens in new window) Westland 1915-2015 (opens in new window)
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Accessibility
© Copyright Westland 100 Years of History. Website by CommunitySites