*Very happy to report that the Whirlwind Fighter Project had an excellent day down in Yeovil yesterday, at the families day laid on by AgustaWestland at the Yeovil factory airfield to celebrate 100 years of Westland Aircraft. Mike was able to show a rear fuselage skeleton, though this was pinned together for the day and will need to go into a jig once the new premises are up and running.
As well as a great deal of interest and support from the public, we were also delighted to meet the family of WEW Petter, who spent some time on our stand discussing the Whirlwind and the designer’s legacy.*
Gunnar, Jim and I took some time out to watch the formal unveiling of a plaque to the memory of Petter by his daughter Liz, who braved the rain to give a heart-felt speech of thanks to all at Westland concerned with this memorial (the relief model Whirlwind on the plaque was created from profile data compiled by our project).
We were also greatly entertained by 263 veterans Jonnie Shellard and The Reverend George Wood, who spent the morning with us. George proved by far the best T-shirt and hat salesman!
Full details of the day, with more pics, will appear in the next newsletter. In the meantime, many thanks to AgustaWestland for having us
By: 1batfastard - 18th July 2015 at 18:45
Hi All,
aeronaut 2008,
:highly_amused:
Geoff.
By: Wings43 - 18th July 2015 at 18:24
An incredible project and what progress! Always a pleasure to read the newsletter.
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th July 2015 at 12:54
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Geoff,
There were Minnions in evidence at Yeovil too.
By: 1batfastard - 16th July 2015 at 19:39
Hi All,
Beermat,
Suggestion if you take my unintended Idea larger sizes for us petite of the population please ? 3/4xl……..:D
aeronut 2008,
What a pillock I am…….:highly_amused:
Geoff.
By: TempestV - 16th July 2015 at 16:57
*Very happy to report that the Whirlwind Fighter Project had an excellent day down in Yeovil yesterday, at the families day laid on by AgustaWestland at the Yeovil factory airfield to celebrate 100 years of Westland Aircraft. Mike was able to show a rear fuselage skeleton, though this was pinned together for the day and will need to go into a jig once the new premises are up and running.
As well as a great deal of interest and support from the public, we were also delighted to meet the family of WEW Petter, who spent some time on our stand discussing the Whirlwind and the designer’s legacy.*
Gunnar, Jim and I took some time out to watch the formal unveiling of a plaque to the memory of Petter by his daughter Liz, who braved the rain to give a heart-felt speech of thanks to all at Westland concerned with this memorial (the relief model Whirlwind on the plaque was created from profile data compiled by our project).
We were also greatly entertained by 263 veterans Jonnie Shellard and The Reverend George Wood, who spent the morning with us. George proved by far the best T-shirt and hat salesman!
Full details of the day, with more pics, will appear in the next newsletter. In the meantime, many thanks to AgustaWestland for having us
Great work guys.
By: MerlinPete - 16th July 2015 at 10:25
Impressive progress from a limited source of information, well done.
Pete
By: Beermat - 16th July 2015 at 09:48
Thanks all, it was Mike Eastman who did the hard work. The whole project will benefit from there being no rush to construct, and only cutting metal for any assembly when we are sure the complete set of CAD-generated drawings makes sense. This is why there might appear to be ‘waits’ between construction phases.
Looking at the image, the idea of a sweatshirt with perhaps a CAD drawing on is a good one. We need some new merchandise, having practically sold out of our existing range.
By: bradleygolding - 16th July 2015 at 00:53
Very impressed with the progress now that construction has started. Well done everyone.
Steve
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th July 2015 at 19:48
They’rre not sweatshirts (although that is a good idea).
You can get a better view of what they are in my photos of the event.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?135615-Westland-100
By: 1batfastard - 15th July 2015 at 17:24
Hi All,
Beermat,
Excellent work and a big round of applause to you and the team for all your unselfish efforts in your project…..:applause:
What are the sweatshirts at the rear depicting are they anything to do with the project and can they be purchased via the web page please ?
Geoff.
By: DaveF68 - 14th July 2015 at 02:13
Most anyone’s seen of a Whirlwind in many years! Welld one!
By: QldSpitty - 14th July 2015 at 00:50
Speechless guys well done and a huge achievement.
By: Tin Triangle - 13th July 2015 at 22:38
Terrific stuff! Great to see so much material progress on that rear fuselage 🙂
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