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"Ramsman" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2014 20:16, ®i©ardo wrote:
On 31/03/2014 18:11, Claus Gustafsen wrote:
Well I agree that the Buffalo isn'r a pretty plane, it still looks
better than the Barracuda to me.
But the brittish did produce this (it seems to me) much overlooked
beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan...lwind_(fighter)
Claus

Hi Claus,

I live a couple of miles from where the Westland Whirlwind was built.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6idJ3tF00Og

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/wh...ghter-squadron

Ri©ardo


Thank you for posting those Ricardo. First time I've seen Whirlwinds in
flight. Such an elegant aircraft. I first came across it as an Airfix kit
way back when. Two bob at Woolies, I think.

By the time I started work at Yeovil, Westlands were well into the
helicopter era, in fact I was involved in the computer side of Sea King
production.

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Peter

Did they have computers in the stone age when the Sea Kings were built?

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto

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