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href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/\">Aircraft manufacturers<\/a> &middot; United Kingdom<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mlogo\"><span class=\"li ph2\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Westland logo\" style=\"width:200px;height:38px\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Westland<\/h1>\n<div class=\"native\">Westland Aircraft Works (division of Petters Ltd) &middot; Westland Aircraft Ltd &middot; Westland Helicopters Ltd<\/div>\n<p class=\"sub\">An oil-engine firm in Somerset that flew the first aircraft over Everest, slipped agents into occupied France, set a helicopter speed record still unbroken and once nearly brought down a British prime minister.<\/p>\n<div class=\"statstrip\">\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>1915<\/b><span>Founded<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>Merged into <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/agustawestland\/\">AgustaWestland<\/a> in 2000<\/b><span>Status<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>22<\/b><span>Aircraft on record<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"stat\"><b>32<\/b><span>Air forces flying its types<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photocred\">Photo: TSRL \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/div>\n<div class=\"accent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"chips\"><span class=\"chip\"><b>Country<\/b>United Kingdom<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Founded<\/b>1915<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Founders<\/b>Ernest Petter, Percival Petter<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Headquarters<\/b>Yeovil, Somerset<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Owner<\/b>Leonardo (Yeovil works, via AgustaWestland, since 2016)<\/span><span class=\"chip\"><b>Status<\/b>Merged into <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/agustawestland\/\">AgustaWestland<\/a> in 2000<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"mfshare\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-btn\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"5\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"6\" cy=\"12\" r=\"3\"\/><circle cx=\"18\" cy=\"19\" r=\"3\"\/><path d=\"M8.6 10.6l6.8-4M8.6 13.4l6.8 4\"\/><\/svg>Share<\/button><span class=\"mfsh-net\"><\/span><span class=\"mfsh-said\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"story\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The story<\/div>\n<h2>Westland: the company and the aircraft that made its name<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">Oil engines and a field called Westland<\/h3>\n<p>In 1913 the Petter family of Yeovil bought a parcel of land at West Hendford for a new foundry. The Petters made stationary oil engines, and twins Ernest and Percival had even built a motor car in 1895. Then war came, and in 1915 the government asked for seaplanes. The foundry site became an aircraft works, and Mrs Petter supplied the name: Westland, after the new land in the west of the town. The first order was for 12 Short Type 184 seaplanes, followed by 20 Short Type 166s, then Sopwith, Airco and Vickers designs built under licence. By 1917 the engine makers were drawing their own aeroplanes, starting with the N.1B.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">Over the top of the world<\/h3>\n<p>Between the wars Westland found its feet with the Wapiti, a sturdy general-purpose biplane that first flew in March 1927 and sold more than 550 copies. Then came the stunt that made the name. In April 1933, financed by the fiercely patriotic Lady Houston, two Westland biplanes flown by Lord Clydesdale and David McIntyre made <span class=\"imp\">the first flight over Mount Everest<\/span>, observers photographing the summit from open cockpits. Clydesdale was then the RAF&rsquo;s youngest squadron leader, and his reserve squadron flew Wapitis. Two years later, in 1935, Petters split off its aircraft side as Westland Aircraft Ltd.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">The black Lysanders<\/h3>\n<p>The Second World War gave Westland a strange mixed record. Its Whirlwind of 1938 was Britain&rsquo;s first cannon-armed fighter and fast, but Rolls-Royce could not supply enough Peregrine engines and only 114 were built. The high-altitude Welkin was built for a German threat that never came. Yet the slow, ungainly Lysander, designed as an army co-operation aircraft, found a second life no one had planned. Painted matt black and flown by moonlight from Tempsford and Tangmere, the Lysanders of 138 and 161 Squadrons landed in French fields marked out by torches and, by one count, <span class=\"imp\">carried 101 agents in and brought 128 out<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">Goodbye wings, hello Sikorsky<\/h3>\n<p>Westland also kept the Spitfire family alive at sea. When the navy needed a carrier version, Yeovil became the main Seafire works, building 870 of the 1,220 Seafire IIIs plus large batches of other marks. After the war, though, the board made a decision that changed the company: no more fixed-wing aircraft after the Wyvern strike fighter. Instead Westland signed up to build Sikorsky helicopters under licence. The S-51 became the Dragonfly, first flown at Yeovil in October 1948. Chief designer Teddy Petter, son of the founder, disagreed and walked out to English Electric, where he designed the Canberra and laid out the early Lightning.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">Five companies, one helicopter maker<\/h3>\n<p>The licence model worked. The Dragonfly was followed by the Whirlwind, more than 360 of them, and then the turbine-powered Wessex, 382 built, which served the RAF until 2003. At the turn of the 1960s the government forced Britain&rsquo;s twenty-odd aircraft firms into a handful of groups, and helicopters went to Yeovil. Westland swallowed Saunders-Roe in 1959 and the helicopter arms of Bristol and Fairey in 1960, inheriting the Skeeter, the Belvedere, the Rotodyne and factories at Weston-super-Mare, Hayes and East Cowes. From the Saro P.531 came Westland&rsquo;s own Scout for the army and Wasp for the navy. By 1961 the merged group was Westland Helicopters, Britain&rsquo;s only helicopter maker.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">The Lynx and the record nobody has beaten<\/h3>\n<p>An Anglo-French agreement in February 1967 traded work on the Puma and Gazelle for French participation in a new Westland design, the WG.13 Lynx. It first flew on 21 March 1971, could loop and roll, and in 1972 set speed records with Roy Moxam at the controls. Then in August 1986 the company demonstrator G-LYNX, fitted with uprated Gem engines and experimental BERP rotor blades, was flown by Trevor Egginton to <span class=\"imp\">400.87 km\/h, the official FAI speed record for a helicopter<\/span>. Four decades later nobody has gone faster in a conventional helicopter. Alongside it Yeovil built 344 Sea Kings under Sikorsky licence; the Royal Navy flew its last in 2018.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sh\">The affair that shook the Cabinet<\/h3>\n<p>Success did not mean profit. By 1985 Westland was in trouble and two rescues competed: one led by Sikorsky and Fiat, the other a European consortium championed by Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine. The row went public, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher appeared to back the American option, and in January 1986 Heseltine walked out of a Cabinet meeting and resigned. Trade Secretary Leon Brittan followed over a leaked letter. Thatcher survived, Sikorsky got its stake, and the Black Hawk order it hoped for never came. GKN took full control in 1994, and in 2000 Westland and Agusta merged as AgustaWestland, now Leonardo Helicopters, still building in Yeovil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"pull\">An oil-engine firm in Somerset that flew the first aircraft over Everest, slipped agents into occupied France, set a helicopter speed record still unbroken and once nearly brought down a British prime minister.<cite>Westland &middot; verified 2026-10-03<\/cite><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"glance\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">At a glance<\/div>\n<h2>Westland in numbers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"specgrid three\">\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>The company<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>In short<\/dt>\n<dd>Founded 1915<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>Set up in Yeovil as the aircraft division of Petters Ltd, oil-engine makers<\/li>\n<li>Independent as Westland Aircraft Ltd from 1935<\/li>\n<li>Westland Helicopters from 1961 after absorbing Saunders-Roe, Bristol and Fairey helicopter interests<\/li>\n<li>Wholly owned by GKN from 1994<\/li>\n<li>Merged with Agusta into AgustaWestland in 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Production<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Best known for<\/dt>\n<dd>Lysander, Lynx, Sea King<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>Wapiti, Lysander, Whirlwind and Wyvern among its own fixed-wing designs<\/li>\n<li>Major Seafire builder in the Second World War<\/li>\n<li>Licence-built Sikorsky Dragonfly, Whirlwind, Wessex and Sea King<\/li>\n<li>Own Scout, Wasp, Lynx and Westland 30 helicopters<\/li>\n<li>Co-developed the EH101 Merlin with Agusta; assembled 67 Apaches for the British Army<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>Today<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Now<\/dt>\n<dd>Part of Leonardo<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>The Yeovil works belongs to Leonardo Helicopters, successor to AgustaWestland<\/li>\n<li>A Lynx still holds the FAI speed record for conventional helicopters, set in 1986<\/li>\n<li>The Helicopter Museum occupies the former Westland site at Weston-super-Mare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spectable\">\n<h4>The numbers<\/h4>\n<dl>\n<dt>Helicopter speed record<\/dt>\n<dd>400.87 km\/h (Lynx G-LYNX, 11 August 1986)<\/dd>\n<dt>Lysanders built<\/dt>\n<dd>1,786<\/dd>\n<dt>Sea Kings built at Yeovil<\/dt>\n<dd>344, plus 13 airborne early warning conversions<\/dd>\n<dt>Lynx built<\/dt>\n<dd>about 450 by 2009<\/dd>\n<dt>Seafire IIIs built by Westland<\/dt>\n<dd>870 of 1,220<\/dd>\n<dt>Agents carried by Lysander special duties squadrons<\/dt>\n<dd>101 in, 128 out<\/dd>\n<dt>GKN sale price of its AgustaWestland stake<\/dt>\n<dd>GBP 1.06 billion<span class=\"gnote\">2004<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"fleet\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The aircraft<\/div>\n<h2>Every notable Westland aircraft<\/h2>\n<div class=\"acgrid\"><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph3\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Wapiti<\/b><em>General-purpose biplane &middot; first flight 1927 &middot; 558, plus 27 licence-built in South Africa built<\/em><\/span><\/span><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-lysander\/\"><span class=\"im ph4\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Lysander<\/b><em>Army co-operation, special duties &middot; first flight 1936 &middot; 1,786 built<\/em><\/span><\/a><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-whirlwind\/\"><span class=\"im ph5\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Whirlwind<\/b><em>Twin-engine fighter &middot; first flight 1938 &middot; 114 built<\/em><\/span><\/a><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph6\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Wyvern<\/b><em>Carrier strike fighter &middot; first flight 1946 &middot; 127 built<\/em><\/span><\/span><a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-37-dragonfly\/\"><span class=\"im ph7\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Dragonfly<\/b><em>Utility helicopter (Sikorsky S-51) &middot; first flight 1948 &middot; 149 built<\/em><\/span><\/a><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph8\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)<\/b><em>Utility helicopter (Sikorsky S-55) &middot; first flight 1953 &middot; more than 360 built<\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph9\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Widgeon<\/b><em>Light helicopter &middot; first flight 1955 &middot; 12, plus 3 conversions built<\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph10\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Wessex<\/b><em>Utility and ASW helicopter &middot; first flight 1958 &middot; 382 built<\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph11\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Scout<\/b><em>Army light helicopter &middot; first flight 1960 &middot; about 150 built<\/em><\/span><\/span><span class=\"acard\"><span class=\"im ph12\"><\/span><span class=\"tx\"><b>Westland Wasp<\/b><em>Naval light helicopter &middot; first flight 1962 &middot; 133 built<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"pcred\">Photos: Arthur Douglas Pearce \/ Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); Canada. Dept. of National Defence \/ Library and Archives Canada \/ PA-064032 \/ Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); RAF official photographer (Daventry B J) via Imperial War Museum (CH 4998) &mdash; Public domain; San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives \/ Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); TSgt. Ken Hammond, USAF &#183; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); Tom&#225;s Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0); RAF Wessex HCC4 of The Queen&#8217;s Flight shown. Robert Lamb \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0); Nick \/ from United Kingdom \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0); Airwolfhound \/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)<\/p>\n<div class=\"qbar\"><input class=\"qin\" type=\"search\" id=\"acfind\" data-filter=\"#mfrtbl\" data-item=\"tbody tr\" data-noun=\"aircraft\" placeholder=\"Search aircraft, roles, years\" aria-label=\"Search aircraft, roles, years\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\"><button class=\"qbtn\" type=\"button\" data-clear=\"acfind\">Clear<\/button><span class=\"qcnt\" data-count=\"acfind\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt\" id=\"mfrtbl\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Aircraft<\/th>\n<th>Role<\/th>\n<th>First flight<\/th>\n<th>Built<\/th>\n<th>Status<\/th>\n<th>Note<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland N.1B<\/td>\n<td>Seaplane fighter prototype<\/td>\n<td>1917<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Westland&rsquo;s first own design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wagtail<\/td>\n<td>Fighter prototype<\/td>\n<td>1918<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Walrus<\/td>\n<td>Fleet spotter<\/td>\n<td>1921<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wapiti<\/td>\n<td>General-purpose biplane<\/td>\n<td>1927<\/td>\n<td>558, plus 27 licence-built in South Africa<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Its most successful interwar type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland IV \/ Wessex<\/td>\n<td>Light airliner<\/td>\n<td>1929<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wallace<\/td>\n<td>General-purpose biplane<\/td>\n<td>1931<\/td>\n<td>104 new, plus 68 Wapiti conversions<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>A Wallace prototype was one of the two Everest aircraft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-lysander\/\">Westland Lysander<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Army co-operation, special duties<\/td>\n<td>1936<\/td>\n<td>1,786<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Flew SOE agents into occupied France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-whirlwind\/\">Westland Whirlwind<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Twin-engine fighter<\/td>\n<td>1938<\/td>\n<td>114<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Britain&rsquo;s first cannon-armed fighter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Welkin<\/td>\n<td>High-altitude interceptor<\/td>\n<td>1942<\/td>\n<td>77<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Supermarine Seafire (Westland-built)<\/td>\n<td>Carrier fighter<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>more than 1,200 across several marks<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Westland was the main Seafire production source<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wyvern<\/td>\n<td>Carrier strike fighter<\/td>\n<td>1946<\/td>\n<td>127<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Last Westland fixed-wing design to enter service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/a-37-dragonfly\/\">Westland Dragonfly<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Utility helicopter (Sikorsky S-51)<\/td>\n<td>1948<\/td>\n<td>149<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>First licence-built Sikorsky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)<\/td>\n<td>Utility helicopter (Sikorsky S-55)<\/td>\n<td>1953<\/td>\n<td>more than 360<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Widgeon<\/td>\n<td>Light helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1955<\/td>\n<td>12, plus 3 conversions<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wessex<\/td>\n<td>Utility and ASW helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1958<\/td>\n<td>382<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Turbine-powered S-58; RAF service to 2003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Scout<\/td>\n<td>Army light helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1960<\/td>\n<td>about 150<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Wasp<\/td>\n<td>Naval light helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1962<\/td>\n<td>133<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Sea King \/ Commando<\/td>\n<td>ASW, SAR and transport helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1969<\/td>\n<td>344<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Royal Navy retired its last on 26 September 2018; still flown abroad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland Lynx \/ Super Lynx<\/td>\n<td>Multi-role helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1971<\/td>\n<td>about 450 by 2009<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">In service<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Holds the FAI helicopter speed record<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland 30<\/td>\n<td>Civil and military transport helicopter<\/td>\n<td>1979<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>EH101 \/ Merlin<\/td>\n<td>Medium-lift helicopter (with Agusta)<\/td>\n<td>1987<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill\">In production<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Developed through the EH Industries joint venture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Westland WAH-64 Apache<\/td>\n<td>Attack helicopter (Boeing licence)<\/td>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td><span class=\"pill was\">Retired<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Retired by the British Army on 25 March 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"operators\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Who flies them<\/div>\n<h2>Westland aircraft in the world&rsquo;s air forces<\/h2>\n<p class=\"spx-lede\">32 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Westland types. <span class=\"imp\">10 of them still have one in service.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"qbar\"><input class=\"qin\" type=\"search\" id=\"opfind\" data-filter=\"#optbl\" data-item=\"tbody tr\" data-noun=\"air forces\" placeholder=\"Search air forces and types\" aria-label=\"Search air forces and types\" autocomplete=\"off\" spellcheck=\"false\"><button class=\"qbtn\" type=\"button\" data-clear=\"opfind\">Clear<\/button><span class=\"qcnt\" data-count=\"opfind\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tscroll\">\n<table class=\"oobt\" id=\"optbl\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Air force<\/th>\n<th>In service<\/th>\n<th>Formerly flown<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/republic-of-korea-navy-aviation\/\">Republic of Korea Navy aviation (Naval Air Command)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Super Lynx Mk.99A, Westland Lynx Mk.99<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/brazilian-naval-aviation\/\">Brazilian Naval Aviation<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland (Leonardo) AH-11A\/AH-11B Super Lynx<\/td>\n<td>Westland Widgeon, Westland Whirlwind (Series 1 and Series 2\/3), Westland UH-2 Wasp, Westland SAH-11 Lynx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/egyptian-air-force\/\">Egyptian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Commando Mk 1\/2<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/german-naval-aviation\/\">German Naval Aviation<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea Lynx Mk 88A<\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk 41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/indian-naval-air-arm\/\">Indian Naval Air Arm<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk.42C<\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk.42, Mk.42A and Mk.42B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/pakistan-naval-air-arm\/\">Pakistan Naval Air Arm<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk 45 and Mk 45C<\/td>\n<td>Westland Lynx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-air-force-of-oman\/\">Royal Air Force of Oman<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Super Lynx Mk 120<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-malaysian-navy-aviation\/\">Royal Malaysian Navy aviation (Fleet Air Arm)<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Super Lynx Mk 100<\/td>\n<td>Westland Wasp HAS.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-thai-naval-air-division\/\">Royal Thai Naval Air Division<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Super Lynx 300<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/south-african-air-force\/\">South African Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Westland Super Lynx 300 Mk 64<\/td>\n<td>Westland Wapiti Mk IIA and III, Westland Wasp HAS.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/argentine-naval-aviation\/\">Argentine Naval Aviation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Lynx (Sea Lynx)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/army-air-corps-united-kingdom\/\">Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/ah-64-apache\/\" class=\"was\">Westland (Boeing) Apache AH1 (WAH-64D)<\/a>, Westland Lynx AH1, AH7, AH9 and AH9A, Westland (A&#233;rospatiale) Gazelle AH1, Westland Scout AH1, Westland\/Agusta-Bell Sioux AH1 (Bell 47G)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/austrian-air-force\/\">Austrian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland S-55 Whirlwind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/belgian-air-force\/\">Belgian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/fleet-air-arm\/\">Fleet Air Arm<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Wyvern, Westland Wessex HAS1\/HAS3\/HU5, Westland Wasp HAS1, Westland Sea King, Westland Lynx HAS2\/HAS3\/HMA8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/fleet-air-arm-ran\/\">Fleet Air Arm (Royal Australian Navy)<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King HAS.50\/50A\/50B, Westland Wessex HAS.31A\/31B, Westland Scout AH.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/french-naval-aviation\/\">French Naval Aviation<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland WG-13 Lynx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/ghana-air-force\/\">Ghana Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Whirlwind and Wessex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/indian-air-force\/\">Indian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-lysander\/\" class=\"was\">Westland Lysander<\/a>, Westland Wapiti IIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/iraqi-air-force\/\">Iraqi Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Dragonfly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/irish-air-corps\/\">Irish Air Corps<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/westland-lysander\/\" class=\"was\">Westland Lysander II<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/kuwait-air-force\/\">Kuwait Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Whirlwind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/nigerian-air-force\/\">Nigerian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Whirlwind and Sud Alouette II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/qatar-emiri-air-force\/\">Qatar Emiri Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Commando Mk 3, Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/united-kingdom-royal-air-force\/\">Royal Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King HAR3\/HAR3A, Westland Wessex HC2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-brunei-air-force\/\">Royal Brunei Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-canadian-air-force\/\">Royal Canadian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Lysander, Westland Wapiti and Armstrong Whitworth Atlas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-danish-air-force\/\">Royal Danish Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Lynx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-new-zealand-air-force\/\">Royal New Zealand Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Wasp HAS.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-norwegian-air-force\/\">Royal Norwegian Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Sea King Mk 43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/royal-saudi-air-force\/\">Royal Saudi Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Wapiti IIA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"was\">\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/sri-lanka-air-force\/\">Sri Lanka Air Force<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Westland Dragonfly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"people\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Places, people, records<\/div>\n<h2>Where Westland built, who led it, what it achieved<\/h2>\n<div class=\"cols\">\n<div>\n<h3>Factories<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li><b>Yeovil works<\/b> &middot; West Hendford, Yeovil, Somerset &mdash; Original 1915 site on land bought by the Petters in 1913; now Leonardo Helicopters<\/li>\n<li><b>Weston-super-Mare<\/b> &middot; Weston-super-Mare, Somerset &mdash; Former Bristol helicopter factory taken over in 1960; the site now houses The Helicopter Museum<\/li>\n<li><b>Hayes<\/b> &middot; Hayes, Middlesex &mdash; Former Fairey works; built Wasps and Scouts in the 1960s<\/li>\n<li><b>East Cowes<\/b> &middot; East Cowes, Isle of Wight &mdash; Saunders-Roe and British Hovercraft Corporation site; kept by GKN in 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>People<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li><b>Ernest Petter<\/b> &middot; co-founder &mdash; With his twin Percival ran Petters Ltd, which created the aircraft works in 1915<\/li>\n<li><b>W. E. W. &ldquo;Teddy&rdquo; Petter<\/b> &middot; chief designer &mdash; Designed the Lysander; left over the move to helicopters and designed the Canberra at English Electric<\/li>\n<li><b>Harald Penrose<\/b> &middot; chief test pilot 1931&ndash;1953 &mdash; Flew Westland types from Wapiti to early helicopters; aviation author<\/li>\n<li><b>Eric Mensforth<\/b> &middot; chairman 1953&ndash;1968 &mdash; Led the transition to a helicopter company<\/li>\n<li><b>Sir John Cuckney<\/b> &middot; chairman from 1985 &mdash; Brought in during the rescue; proposed the Sikorsky link<\/li>\n<li><b>Trevor Egginton<\/b> &middot; test pilot &mdash; Flew G-LYNX to the 1986 helicopter speed record<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Records and firsts<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"gl\">\n<li>First flight over Mount Everest, April 1933, by two Westland aircraft<\/li>\n<li>Whirlwind: Britain&rsquo;s first cannon-armed fighter, first flown 1938<\/li>\n<li>Lynx: 15 and 25 km speed record of 321.74 km\/h, 1972, pilot Roy Moxam<\/li>\n<li>Lynx G-LYNX: 400.87 km\/h on 11 August 1986, still the FAI speed record for conventional helicopters<\/li>\n<li>Lynx: first combat firing of the Sea Skua missile, Falklands, 3 May 1982<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"timeline\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Timeline<\/div>\n<h2>Westland, year by year<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1915<\/div>\n<p>Petters Ltd founds the Westland Aircraft Works in Yeovil to build Short seaplanes under licence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1917<\/div>\n<p>First own design, the N.1B seaplane fighter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1927<\/div>\n<p>Wapiti first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1933<\/div>\n<p>Two Westland biplanes make the first flight over Mount Everest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1935<\/div>\n<p>Aircraft business separated from Petters as Westland Aircraft Ltd<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1936<\/div>\n<p>Lysander first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1938<\/div>\n<p>Whirlwind fighter first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1941<\/div>\n<p>138 (Special Duties) Squadron formed; its Lysanders fly agents into France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1948<\/div>\n<p>Licence-built Sikorsky Dragonfly first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1958<\/div>\n<p>Wessex first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1959<\/div>\n<p>Takes over Saunders-Roe; Bristol and Fairey helicopter interests follow in 1960<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1961<\/div>\n<p>Group reorganised as Westland Helicopters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1967<\/div>\n<p>Anglo-French helicopter agreement: Puma, Gazelle and Lynx<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1969<\/div>\n<p>First Westland Sea King flies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1971<\/div>\n<p>Lynx prototype first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1986<\/div>\n<p>Michael Heseltine resigns from the Cabinet over the Westland affair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1986<\/div>\n<p>G-LYNX sets the helicopter world speed record at 400.87 km\/h<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1987<\/div>\n<p>EH101 first flight<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">1994<\/div>\n<p>Becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of GKN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tl-item\">\n<div class=\"yr\">2000<\/div>\n<p>Merged with Agusta to form AgustaWestland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"lineage\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">The family tree<\/div>\n<h2>Before and after Westland<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relgrid\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/saunders-roe\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Came before<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Saunders-Roe<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Helicopter and hovercraft interests taken over in 1959<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Saunders-Roe page<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/bristol\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Came before<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Bristol Aeroplane Company<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Helicopter division at Weston-super-Mare taken over in 1960<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Bristol Aeroplane Company page<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/fairey\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Came before<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Fairey<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Aircraft business taken over in 1960<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Fairey page<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/agustawestland\/\"><span class=\"rk\">Came after<\/span><span class=\"rh\">AgustaWestland<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Formed in 2000 by merging Westland with Agusta; became Leonardo Helicopters in 2016<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the AgustaWestland page<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section id=\"faq\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Questions &amp; Answers<\/div>\n<h2>Everything people ask about Westland<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qa\">\n<details open>\n<summary>Why is it called Westland?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">The name was chosen by Mrs Petter after new land bought by the Petter family in 1913 at West Hendford, Yeovil, which became the aircraft factory.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What was the Westland affair?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">A 1985&ndash;86 Cabinet row over rescuing Westland. Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine backed a European consortium while Margaret Thatcher favoured Sikorsky; Heseltine resigned in January 1986 and Leon Brittan followed.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What is the fastest helicopter record held by Westland?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">A modified Lynx, G-LYNX, flew at 400.87 km\/h on 11 August 1986, still the official FAI speed record for a conventional helicopter.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Does Westland still exist?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Not as a separate company. It merged with Agusta in 2000 to form AgustaWestland, which became part of Leonardo in 2016. The Yeovil factory still builds helicopters.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Did Westland build Spitfires?<\/summary>\n<div class=\"a\">Yes. Westland was the main producer of the naval Seafire, including 870 of the 1,220 Seafire IIIs.<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Why is it called Westland?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The name was chosen by Mrs Petter after new land bought by the Petter family in 1913 at West Hendford, Yeovil, which became the aircraft factory.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What was the Westland affair?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"A 1985\\u201386 Cabinet row over rescuing Westland. 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Westland was the main producer of the naval Seafire, including 870 of the 1,220 Seafire IIIs.\"}}]}<\/script><hr class=\"divider\">\n<section>\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Continue the tour<\/div>\n<h2>Around Westland<\/h2>\n<div class=\"relgrid\"><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/de-havilland\/\"><span class=\"rk\">United Kingdom<\/span><span class=\"rh\">de Havilland<\/span><span class=\"rp\">The Hatfield firm that put Britain&rsquo;s flying clubs in Moths, built a bomber out of furniture wood, gave the world its first jet airliner &mdash; and lost it to a&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the de Havilland page<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/hawker\/\"><span class=\"rk\">United Kingdom<\/span><span class=\"rh\">Hawker<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Born from the wreck of Sopwith and named after a test pilot who died within a year, Hawker built the Hurricane that carried the Battle of Britain and the Hunter that set&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"go\">Read the Hawker page<\/span><\/a><a class=\"rel\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft-manufacturers\/\"><span class=\"rk\">The index<\/span><span class=\"rh\">All aircraft manufacturers<\/span><span class=\"rp\">Every company that built an aircraft flown by the air forces in the Order of Battle, current and historic.<\/span><span class=\"go\">Open the list<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<hr class=\"divider\">\n<section style=\"padding:48px 0 64px\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"kicker\">Sources &amp; Further Reading<\/div>\n<h2>Every fact, checked<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"srclist\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Aircraft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Aircraft, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Helicopters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Helicopters, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_affair\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland affair, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Lynx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Lynx, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Lysander\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Lysander, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supermarine_Seafire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Supermarine Seafire, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Houston%E2%80%93Mount_Everest_flight_expedition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston&ndash;Mount Everest flight expedition, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petters_Limited\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petters Limited, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fairey_Aviation_Company\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fairey Aviation Company, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saunders-Roe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saunders-Roe, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bristol_Aeroplane_Company\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bristol Aeroplane Company, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/W._E._W._Petter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">W. E. W. Petter, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harald_Penrose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harald Penrose, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Sea_King\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Sea King, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Wapiti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Wapiti, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Whirlwind_(fighter)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Whirlwind (fighter), Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Wyvern\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Wyvern, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Dragonfly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Dragonfly, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Whirlwind_(helicopter)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Whirlwind (helicopter), Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Wessex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Wessex, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Scout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Scout, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Wasp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Wasp, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland 30, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_WAH-64_Apache\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland WAH-64 Apache, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Welkin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Welkin, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Wallace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Wallace, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AgustaWestland_AW101\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AgustaWestland AW101, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Petter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ernest Petter, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Widgeon_(helicopter)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Widgeon (helicopter), Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westland_Walrus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Westland Walrus, Wikipedia<\/a><span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"verified\">Verified 2026-10-03.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<style>#mfam .ph1{background-image:url(https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/w12-nz-t-572.jpg)!important}#mfam .ph2{background-image:url(https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/westland-logo.jpg)!important}#mfam .ph3{background-image:url(https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ca-t-97.jpg)!important}#mfam .ph4{background-image:url(https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:78--.b845\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:96\/f:best\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ca-t-57.jpg)!important}#mfam 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