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  • December 16, 2009 at 1:12 pm in reply to: Radio Callsigns #1107903
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    Air-Britain (I think) published a full list of these company callsigns a few years back. I’ll have to see if I can find it. The tower at Yeovil used the callsign Judwin Tower until quite recently when it changed to Yeovil Tower. I had always presumed that Judwin was the local geographical name until I read the list. Warton still use the Tarnish c/s for Typhoons etc. Trivia maybe but fascinating all the same!

    I think you would be hard pushed to find any subject that Air-Britain hasn’t tackled at some time.
    As for ‘Judwin’ I believe it was an ancient local name, but have never been able to confirm this.
    I think the company callsigns were an offshoot from the military list, No 607 Auxiliary Squadron used SILVERSAND, and I understand that the rule was that they had to consist of at least two syllables, please include the military list if you feel so inclined.

    December 14, 2009 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Fred Ballam And The Westland Archive #1109613
    Judwin
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    Judwin, which day is the funeral?

    Apologies all: 1200, Yeivil Crematorium, Monday 21st December
    No Flowers, Donations will be divided between;
    Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and
    St Margaret’s Hospice, Yeovil.

    December 14, 2009 at 5:12 pm in reply to: Fred Ballam And The Westland Archive #1109893
    Judwin
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    For everyones information, The Funeral is at Yeovil Crematorium, at 12.00. All are invited to the Westland Sports complex after

    December 7, 2009 at 7:34 am in reply to: Westland Westminster #1117181
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    Westland Westminster

    It shows what happens when you don’t check details. You are quite right Lee, both aircraft are G-APLE, but I think that was the only one that flew fully clad.
    There is a picture of G-APTX in Derek James book, which was of a very similsr girderwork construction, there really could not be any hope of production in that form.
    Here is a picture of what I believe is the only occasion when the Rotodyne and Westminster were seen together, at White Waltham for Farnborough 1960 I think.

    December 6, 2009 at 10:45 pm in reply to: Westland Westminster #1117334
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    Westland Westminster

    Here are photographs of the two Westminsters, I don’t think the 2nd one was the definitive stressed skin airframe, simply an aerodynamically representative fabric covering of a similar structure to aircraft 01.
    The whole project had a long way to go before it could be declared viable,
    and all this when the company was trying to reform, having acquired Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe.

    November 24, 2009 at 4:00 pm in reply to: Aircraft (and aviation people) 'sounds #1130572
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    It looks like a pretty good collection to me. I would have thought that it is at least worth discussing it with the new National Aerospace Library at Farnborough, if you havn’t done so already.

    November 22, 2009 at 7:07 am in reply to: What Type Of Aircraft Did You First Fly In? #1132825
    Judwin
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    My first flight was in an Anson Mk1 N4948 (The glasshouse variety, where the undercarriage had to be cranked up and down by hand!) from Roborough, Plymouth, as an ATC cadet in 1946.

    My first rotorcraft was the Fairey Rotodyne XE521, which whilst not exactly a stealth machine, did not make as much noise as its protesters would have you believe, and internally was quite a comfortable ride.

    November 16, 2009 at 6:12 pm in reply to: Fairy Aviation Foster H Dixon #1137646
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    Dear Prudence,

    I came across this picture when I was researching for my book on Rotodyne, you wil see that it has not only your father, but most of the Gyrodyne team, including Derek Garroway.

    l-r back row: Ken Poulton, R D Trumper, L Baker, G B L Ellis, Dr J A J Bennet, E Parsons, J Oliver, J Gempster and F L Hodgess.
    l-r Front row: Derek Garroway, Basil Arkell, F H Dixon, S Verge and J Gillan.

    Basil Arkell died just over a week ago.

    Hope all this helps Judwin

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