> 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/Westland_Whirlwind_(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/whirlwind-fighter-squadron
>
>
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.
--
Peter
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