A potted history of the most versatile flying machine 

The means of recognising different aircraft types, their role and who operate and build them.

The story of Westland Aircraft .Typical of companies at the time, licence building, designing their own, merging with others and totally reinventing themselves in a different area. Westland did that by diversifying into solely producing hel...

History of possibly the most famous of British Aircraft manufacturers Avro.Makers of the Lancaster and Vulcan bombers

The Famous Bristol Aircraft Company, that created designs such as the Blenheim, Beaufort, and Beaufighter, made cars, and engines that would go on and power Concorde.They designed and made aircraft used in the testing of characteristics for...