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Westland was originally a part of Canterbury Province, administered from Christchurch in the East coast.
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Botham was born in Heswall on the Wirral, to Herbert Leslie Botham ( who worked for Westland ) and Violet Marie, née Collett ( a nurse ).
Westland was rebuilt, and the JCRS Center also modified, but not so far as to eliminate the highly popular Casa Bonita restaurant which joined it in 1974.
It was taken over by Westland in 1960.
The Type 194 was in an advanced state of design when the Bristol Helicopter Division was merged, as a result of government influence, with the helicopter interests of other British aircraft manufacturers ( Westland, Fairey and Saunders-Roe ) to form Westland Helicopters in 1960.
This meant the Type 194 was in competition with Westland's and Fairey's large helicopter designs such as the Westland Westminster and the Fairey Rotodyne.
The narrow gauge Government railway line reached Kalgoorlie in 1896, and the main named railway service from Perth was the overnight sleeper train The Westland which ran until the 1970s.
Later, when air links by the Westland Lysander became more frequent, some information was also channeled through these couriers.
Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset.
After the war the company focussed on helicopters, and was merged with several other British firms to create Westland Helicopters in 1961.
In 1915 the Westland Aircraft Works was founded as a division of Petters Limited in response to government orders for the construction under licence of initially 12 Short Type 184 seaplanes, followed by 20 Short Type 166 aircraft.
The name " Westland " was chosen by Mrs Petter as new land purchased as part of an expansion in 1913 at West Hendford which had been earmarked for a new foundry, but ended up becoming the centre for aircraft production.
As a result of the experience gained in manufacturing aircraft under licence, Westland began to design and build its own aircraft, starting with the Westland N. 1B in 1917, which was followed in 1918 by the Wagtail and the Weasel.
Following the end of war, Westland produced the Limousine and Woodpigeon light aircraft for the civilian market, but most successful was the Wapiti close support aircraft.
Westland tendered designs for new aircraft during the war but only the Welkin was accepted.
The Westland Wyvern was a post-war design of carrier-based strike-fighter for the Fleet Air Arm serving up to 1958.
Westland developed an improved version the Widgeon which was not a great success.
* The W-80 which was a 24 passenger short range medium lift helicopter with fixed landing gear and similar to the future Westland Commando in appearance.
Westland did progress as a private venture a large space-frame cargo helicopter design using a Sikorksy rotor head-the Westland Westminster-but this was dropped later in favour of the government funded Fairey Rotodyne.
Westland Helicopters was a British aerospace company.
Westland Aircraft was founded in 1935 when Petters Limited split its aircraft manufacturing from its aircraft engine concerns.
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In turn, those two regiments had originally been formed from the 1st ( Canterbury ) & 2nd ( South Canterbury ) and the 12th ( Nelson and Marlborough ) & 13th ( North Canterbury and Westland ) Regiments which had been initially raised in the early 1900s, following the formation of gazetted militia units in 1859.
This widely-used howitzer was originally designed in Italy for the Alpini, and was light enough to be lifted by Westland Wessex helicopters or towed by Land Rovers.
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Through Saunders-Roe, Westland became first a part owner then, from 1970, the whole owner of the British Hovercraft Corporation, subsequently trading as Westland Aerospace.
** Informally, the name often used for the entire West Coast Region, of which the Westland District is a part
During the early 1960s, the city of Livonia wanted to annex the part of Nankin in which a large shopping mall, Westland Shopping Center, was to be built.
It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km north of Maassluis.
It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 12 km southwest of The Hague.
It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km southwest of The Hague.
It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 5 km southwest of The Hague.
It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km south-west of The Hague.
A large proportion of the range is well protected as part of various national parks, notably the Westland Tai Poutini National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park, and Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park or
Westland is part of the Haaglanden conurbation.
In 1976 Ashdown was selected as the Liberal Party's prospective parliamentary candidate in his wife's home constituency of Yeovil in Somerset, and took a job with Normalair Garrett, then part of the Yeovil-based Westland Group.
Together they form part of Te Wahipounamu South Westland World Heritage Site, recognised for its outstanding natural values.
During the early part of World War II, the squadron operated in the army co-operation role with Westland Lysanders from Palestine, but detached aircraft to the Western Desert until 1941 when Hawker Hurricanes were on strength.
From 1853 until the abolition of provinces in 1876, Greymouth was first part of Canterbury Province ( the West Coast part of the Province was known as West Canterbury ) and then part of an independent Westland Province.
Richard lives in an area of the world known as Westland, which is the only part of the world that at the time contains no magic.
In December 1929 it was transferred to Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province India ( now part of Pakistan ), receiving Westland Wapitis.
The Pearn's Brewery became part of Westland Ales around this time.
There she played Lady Macbeth, Constance in King John, Desdemona, and Imogen, and took part in the first production of John Westland Marston's
Duddy, who was known as a literate and well-spoken individual from his involvement in the Westland housing association, was in the early 1970s employed by then UDA leader Andy Tyrie to work as part of his staff at the UDA headquarters at 254A Shankill Road.
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