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    Yeovil Aerodrome (ICAO: EGHG), sometimes known as Yeovil/Westland (to avoid confusion with nearby RNAS Yeovilton), is located in Yeovil, Somerset, England...
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  • programme to procure up to 44 medium-lift support helicopters to replace the Westland Puma HC2 and initially, the Bell 412 Griffin operated by the Royal Air...
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    Rolls-Royce Gnome engines. The first Westland-built helicopter, designated Sea King HAS1, flew on 7 May 1969 at Yeovil. The first two helicopters were used...
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    AgustaWestland AW101 is a medium-lift helicopter in military and civil use. First flown in 1987, it was developed by a joint venture between Westland Helicopters...
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    The AgustaWestland AW109, originally the Agusta A109, is a lightweight, twin-engine, eight-seat multi-purpose helicopter designed and initially produced...
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    The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil. Originally...
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    The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34. It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft...
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    The Westland 30 is a medium-sized civil helicopter designed and produced by the British aerospace company Westland Helicopters. It was derived from the...
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  • Scotland, Airports in Wales Also see airport category and list. Also see airport category and list. Also see airport category and list. Also see airport category...
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    later that year. In 2012, AgustaWestland stated that it was planning to produce the AW169 in its facilities in Yeovil, England. The design and manufacture...
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    Heron II), RAF Weston-super-Mare, RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), Yeovil/Westland Airport, RAF Weston Zoyland, RAF Merryfield, RAF Culmhead and RAF Charmy...
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  • Hovercraft Corporation was bought out by Westland Helicopters of Yeovil and a period of stability came as Westlands developed cutting edge composite material...
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    mechanism. 59 of the 67 WAH-64 Apaches were assembled by Westland Helicopters (now AgustaWestland) in Yeovil, England. Eurojet EJ200, the powerplant of the Eurofighter...
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    by Agusta at Gallarate in Italy followed by 150 built by Westland at Yeovil. The first Westland Sioux made its maiden flight on 9 March 1965. The Sioux...
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    produced by Westland Aircraft at Yeovil in Somerset. The unit was disbanded in 1945. During 1942–1943, civil services were developed to Shannon Airport and an...
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  • Simon Gloster Saro. In 1994 Westland was taken over by GKN, and when GKN sold off its shares of Westland to form Agusta-Westland, it retained the East Cowes...
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    000 ft (9,100 m) altitude. In 2015, AgustaWestland reported that the AW609 flew 721 miles (1,161 km) from Yeovil, UK, to Milan, Italy, in 2 hours 18 minutes...
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    black paint scheme. The unit primarily used fixed-wing aircraft, however, Westland Dragonfly helicopters were operated between 1958 and 1961. Target towing...
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    (HMS Heron) is an airbase of the Royal Navy, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. It is one of two active Fleet Air Arm...
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  • restored version of the Westland Lynx helicopter, the official holder of the helicopter World Speed Record, at the firm's Yeovil factory in July 2011. “To...
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    This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Westland Sea King helicopter, a British license-built and developed version of the American Sikorsky...
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    Sembawang Air Base (category Airports in Singapore)
    Support Squadron of the Royal Navy, 848 Naval Air Squadron, deployed its Westland Whirlwind HAS.21 anti-submarine helicopters to HMS Simbang on 8 January...
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    and Gerber Juice. Leonardo Helicopters, formerly AgustaWestland, manufactures helicopters in Yeovil,[citation needed] and Normalair Garratt, builder of aircraft...
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    RAF Kai Tak (category Airports in Hong Kong)
    is a former Royal Air Force station situated in Hong Kong, at Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon. It was established by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1927 and used...
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    commercial aircraft for HM Coastguard operations — Sikorsky S-92s and AgustaWestland AW189s — to provide aerial search and rescue cover around Great Britain...
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    Spitfires ordered under Contract No. 1305/40 of August 1940 from Westland Aircraft, Yeovil. Following restoration in 2018 by The Shuttleworth Collection...
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    until 1974. BEA operated to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from airports around the United Kingdom. The airline was also the largest UK domestic...
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  • permanent base for it at the original site of Gatwick Airport. In 1958, he retired from BEA, and joined Westland Helicopters as Personal Assistant to the Technical...
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  • Rebuilt as the Mk.II, it was delivered to Whitehead Reid from the Westland factory at Yeovil by their pilot, Harald Penrose on 5 January 1928. The doctor named...
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    majority, if not all, of Vimys ordered from Morgan & Co were completed, while Westland Aircraft manufactured 25 of the 75 units that they were contracted for...
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