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Whirlwind drawings

Posted by MickM on Sun Apr 07, 2002 12:58:47 PM

Had a very good set of drawings e-mailed to me from a contact at Hyperscale.
Not good enough to build a real Whirly of course, but almost good enough to build a fairly detailed full-scale model.
They were drawn in 1965, by someone called Shennan, and the interesting bit is that at the bottom of one of the drawings he actually thanks Westland for the use of drawings, possibly that means that the production drawings really do exist, or they did in 1965 anyway?

So who out there can lay there hands on the reall McCoy for us, with lots and lots of detailed photos ?

Anyone got an AP on the Whirlwind fighter, or know where to get one ?

Even if we don't manage to get a "real" Whirly built, I would really like to build a full-scale model of one over the next 100 years, well you know, I'm a perfectionist ain't I !!! :-)

Anyone got the pilots notes for the Whirly and could scan the cockpit photos in it for me, if not i'll have to buy one if they're still available?
Incidentally, the pilots notes were done from the Whirly that crashed in Scotland, P6966 the first production one, but they actually came out after that Whirly had crashed!

So basically I'm looking for anything and everything on the Whirlwind, one of these fine days I'm gonna build one.

TaTa
MickM, notice the M after my name again ? Don't want to get confused with the other mick that has appeared!







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