Nearby places of aviation interest. or links to websites of aviation interest.
Beverley – a day to remember … Looking through some old newspaper cuttings recently, and seeing photos that went with it, I was reminded of my first flight in August 1960. I had joined the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) in 1959 aged 15, one year before the joining age (because I was good at aircraft […]
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More on Helicopters … Another type of helicopter present in the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum is the Westland Whirlwind; once again we have two. They are very different versions as I will explain. The Whirlwind started life as the Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw, used by the US armed forces in large numbers. The H-19 was
Strange things helicopters … The Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum has four helicopters on display, unusually in our collection they are both pairs. Two Whirlwinds and two Sycamores. This article is primarily interested in the Sycamores. The first is an ex RAF example ( BRISTOL SYCAMORE HR.14 – XG518 ) and is displayed as an
