by Alan Bristow
SIAI Marchetti aircraft 219
Sidebottom, Mick 242, 243, 245, 246
Siebel 79
Siemens 138
Signal Oil 260
Sikorsky 82, 88, 89–90, 104, 122, 123
Black Hawk 337, 342, 346–347, 351, 353, 356, 357
CH-53D Sea Stallion 322
R-4 Hoverfly 67–68, 69, 70, 71, 72–73, 74–75, 79, 80, 82, 87, 89
R-6 89–90
S51 88, 91, 123, 124
S58ET 220
S61 232, 260, 273, 284, 287, 289–290, 295–296, 297, 326, 327
S61N 271, 287–288, 292, 293, 295, 306, 307, 338
S76 268, 298
S76A 278, 280
S92 357, 370
and ‘Westland Affair’ 336, 342, 343, 346, 348, 349–350, 353, 355, 356–357
YR-4B 65, 67, 69, 70, 71
Sikorsky, Igor 14, 89, 123–124
Silver City Airways 197, 215
Sipeck (pilot) 166
Skaneateles Lake, NY 66
Skytrain 255, 350
Slattery, Sir Matthew 237
Slim, Gen William 38
Small Fortune 367
Smallpiece, Basil 237
Smith, Lee 293
Smith, Rex 306
Smith, Wade 26, 30
Smith, Mrs (housekeeper) 301
Snodgrass, Roy 156–157, 159–160, 173
Society of British Aircraft Constructors 96, 103
Solaru, Banjo 327
Soloy, Joe 126–127, 128, 129, 130
Soloy Corporation 126
Somers, Mr (Hunting-Percival MD) 103
Sopwith, Tommy 220, 224, 264
South Africa 206–207
South with Scott 18
Southampton and its Council 362–363, 364, 365–366
Southampton Rapid Transit Bill 363–364
Southend Airport 233–234
Southern Harvester 147, 149, 150–151
Southern Venturer 149
Sparkford Vale Harriers 207
Speechley, John 342
Standard Telephone Company 221–222
Staveley, Sir William 351
Stevens, Bill 287–288
Stock Exchange 336–337, 345, 350, 353–354
Stuart-Shaw, Max 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 244, 248
stunt flying 108–109
Sud Aviation see also Aérospatiale
360: 277
365: 277
Alouette Lama 167
Suggs, Bob 188, 280
Suggs, Carol 280–281
Suharto, Bobby 331, 332, 333, 334
Suharto, President 331
Sunderland Airport 230
Sunley, John 264, 352
Supermarine
Seafire 70, 71, 74, 75, 77, 135
Seafire Mk XVII 75
Spitfire 20
Susan (Greek girl) 22
Sutton, Surrey 54, 83
Suzuya 39
Swain, Les 93, 94, 95, 98, 99
Swire, Adrian 328, 329
Swiss, Eric 95
Sydney, HMAS 37
Tai Pan 18, 191, 192
tail rotor failures 80, 87
Tapner, Peter 360
Taylor (cadet) 49–50, 52, 53
Taylor, Lt 68
Tebbit, Norman 243, 244, 245, 342, 344–345, 348, 350, 363
Tegucigalpa 203
Tehran 167, 311, 315, 316, 318, 322, 323
American Embassy 322
Galeh Morghi airfield 315, 316
Tenerife, San Felipe hotel 249
Tennessee Gas 197, 277
Terengganu 287, 288
Tern, HMS (RNAS Twatt, Orkneys) 70–71, 72–74, 75
test pilots 96–97
Teti, Raffaello 347
Texaco 261–262, 263, 277, 327
Thatcher, Denis 352
Thatcher, Margaret 255, 309, 310, 335, 336, 337, 339–340, 341, 346, 347, 348–349, 350, 354, 356, 357, 358
Thetford 91–92
Thompson, Adam 253–254
Thompson, Dawn 253
Thompson, Jim 88, 89–90, 254
Tickner, Peter 22
Titmuss, Sainer & Webb 194, 219
Todos Santos 177, 179, 182, 183
Total 330, 331
Touche Ross 254
Trade, Department of 229
trade unions 242–243, 244, 245–246 see also pilots’ strike, Aberdeen
tramways 359–366
Trans Ocean 3 (drilling rig) 231
Transport, Department of 359, 361–362
Transworld 62 (oil rig) 231
Treacher, Adm Sir John 344
Trickett, Jon 365
Trindler, Fred 366–367
Trinidad and Tobago 206
tsetse fly, spraying 107–108
Turk (cadet) 49–50, 52, 53
TWA 254
Twatt air station (HMS Tern), Orkney
Islands 70–71, 72–74, 75
Twirlybird boats 367–368
U-boats 28, 29
memorial, Möltenort, nr Kiel 46
U-214 42, 46
U-515 46
Unilever 135
Union Carbide 331
United Fruit 203, 204, 205
United Steel 166
United Technologies 337, 349, 355–356
United Whalers 137
Urlana 49–50
Urquhart, Ernest 362
US Coast Guard 66, 67
Valderrama golf course 178
Valentine (stuntman) 109
Valetta 16, 32
Vaughan, Roger 318
Vestey, Lord 213, 236
Vichy 109
Vickers VC10 97, 236, 250, 255
Vickers Viscount 250, 330
Victoria (formerly Frankenstein) Rubber
Co. 9, 127, 129, 131, 135
Victory, HMS 18
Vietminh 10, 13, 110, 112, 113, 118, 119
Villacoublay 80
Vincent, Bill 111, 120, 124, 126
Viner, Dmitry ‘Jimmy’ 14, 88, 89, 90, 123
Vinke (Dutchman) 148, 151
Von Barr, Rolf 102, 136
vortex ring state 79, 87
Waddington, John 203–204, 299
Wainwright, Peter 162, 164
Wakeham, John 354, 355
Waltero 203–204, 205
Wanamaker, P/O 60–61
Warcup, Air Cdre Philip 243, 244–245, 303
Ward, Jim 307
Ware, Wg Cmdr Mo 196
Waring, John 140, 147–148
Warren, Kenneth 354
Waterton, Bill 95, 96
Weinstock, Lord 342, 347, 354
Wells 100–101
Westinghouse 360
Westland 82, 86–88, 97–103, 136, 137, 140, 160, 173, 286, 335, 336, 337–339, 340
EH101 268, 342, 346, 350–351, 357, 369
PV6 144
S51 Dragonfly 81, 92, 93–94, 97
Sea King 285, 338
Wessex 268, 272, 338
Wessex 60: 230, 231, 260, 287, 299–300
Wessex (fixed-wing) 21
WG30 343–344, 348, 357
Whirlwind Series III 166, 220, 367
Widgeon 234, 286
WS51 Dragonfly 91, 95, 97, 98–99, 136, 137, 138–139, 141
G-ANAL 92
WS51 Widgeon 162, 163, 164, 166
WS55 Whirlwind 136, 143–144, 145, 146–147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 165, 166, 173, 200, 217, 218, 230, 267, 286, 338
Wyvern 91, 95–96 ‘Westland Affair’ 13, 335, 336–337, 339–358
Westmacott, Richard 341
whales 128, 132–133, 148 whaling 9–10, 11, 114, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124–134, 135, 136, 138–140, 141, 143, 145, 148–151, 152, 163
electric aerial harpoon 11–12, 132–133, 137–138, 143–146, 147–148, 151, 152, 158
Wheatcroft, Stephen 253
Wheeldon, Ted 82, 86, 136, 146, 160, 162, 168
Whirlwind 19, 192, 311
White, Gordon 350
White, Pym 317,
319
White, Miss (CAA employee) 318
Whitehead, Dr Alan 364
Wight, Isle of 20–21, 61
Willem Barendsz II 151
Williams, A.J.H. 102, 136
Williams, Bill 156, 159
Williams, Don 347, 353, 354
Willis, Colonel 22, 23
Willis, John 307, 316, 328
Wilmott, CPO 55–56, 57
Wilson, Maj Gen Dare 264
Wiltshire, Vic 177, 317
Winchester College 23
Winklemuller (Shell employee) 180, 181
Witley Park, Surrey 80
Wolf Rock lighthouse 93–94
Wolfgang (Foreign Legion staff sergeant) 114, 118, 121, 127
Wontner, Col Charles 164
Woodford, Essex 74, 75, 84, 85, 87
Woodside Petroleum 287
Woolley, Jack 136–137, 138, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 152, 159, 160, 163, 174, 201, 207, 220, 222, 235, 236, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 285, 289, 295, 306, 311, 313, 314, 317, 331, 338, 367
Woolwich Arsenal 92–93
World War Two 15–16, 22–76
Worthy Down airfield (HMS Kestrel) 70, 73–74, 76, 77, 78
Wright, Clive 147, 166
Wyatt, Sir Myles 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 205, 210, 215, 230, 233, 234–236, 237–238, 239–240, 248, 255, 367
Yates, Tony 89
Yeager, Carl 274
Yeovil 11, 12, 86–87, 122, 136, 152, 337, 357
Yeovil golf club 136–137
Yeovilton, RNAS 227
Young, Mark 243, 305
Zagros Mountains 166–167
Zayed, Sheikh 163–164, 216
