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Alan Bristow

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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

 

 

 


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