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The British Aircraft Industry – Westland Aircraft
Author: Roy Evans
A series of books that cover the British Aircraft Industry in the Twentieth Century. From young men interested in ballooning or making model aircraft, they developed aircraft for wartime and passenger transport.
The Petter family started a foundry and ironmongery business in Yeovil in the 1860s. The original founder had a number of children including twin boys who built up the family business. During The Great War Westlands built over 2,000 aircraft under licence for other companies.
Between the wars many designs were produced including the Wapiti and Lysander.
After the war, development into the helicopter market saw the company through to the late 1950s. The company was selected to become the major helicopter manufacturer in the UK.
The Lysander and Sea King helicopter are perhaps two of the major projects designed and produced at Yeovil, but Westlands were always known for producing a quality project.
Author: Roy Evans has been a keen amateur military historian for forty years, studying the United States 8th Army Air Force, when he lived in East Anglia and more recently whilst living in Northamptonshire, Royal Air Force Bomber Command. Roy is a member of several organisations, supporting the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association for the last twenty five years and also the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at East Kirkby.
As a member of the Royal Air Force Historical Society for several years he regularly attends their meetings. He is the Retford U3A Group Leader for their Military History Group and is a regular speaker at their monthly meetings.
He has also written a number of books and has had a number of works published in specialist aviation magazines. He is a regular contributor to the Lincolnshire Lancaster Association’s journal ‘Memorial Flight’.
