The one and only Whirlwind 100-SH32047 Westland Whirlwind Mk.I 'Cannon Fighter' https://www.specialhobby.eu/en/westland-whirlwind-mk-i-cannon-fighter.html | Special Hobby

Visit the worlds largest Battle of Britain collection, memorabilia and artefacts. With over 700 crashed aircraft on display, the Battle Of Britain Museum is located in Hawkinge, Kent, UK. Open from the 29th March 2024. The museum's chairman Dave Brocklehurst MBE talks about the aim of the "Whirlwind fighter project", to reproduce a single (and the world's only) example of the Westland Whirlwind Mk 1 twin-engined single seater fighter-bomber aircraft. P7056 'Pride of Yeovil' will be displayed for

Another milestone in the building of Whirlwind fighter P7056. The fitting together of the cockpit section and the fuselage at the Kent Battle of Britain museum trust at Hawkinge. | Westland Whirlwind Fighter Project

✪ An interesting design from Westland. The Whirlwind Mk.I had four 20mm Hispano cannons in the nose. #USNavy #spitfire #jet #pilot #ww1 #ww2 #warbirds . | Warbird PageS

You might be surprised to learn that the Westland Whirlwind wasn't entirely a homegrown British design. It was actually a license built version of the American Sikorsky Chickasaw. Built in Somerset, England, the Whirlwind sported a distinctive double-decker configuration, with the pilots occupying a separate level from the rest of the crew. This unique design was later carried over to its successor, the Westland Wessex, which served the Royal Air Force until 2003. But how many other helicopters