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The Westland Yeovil was a British biplane bomber designed and built by Westland Aircraft in 1923 to meet an Air Ministry specification for a single-engined day bomber.
This hall contains a display about the development of naval aviation from the early days of airships and fabric-covered wooden biplanes to modern jet aircraft and helicopters, including the front section of the fuselage of Short 184 8359, built locally by Westland Aircraft in Yeovil and flown at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 before being put on ...
Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil, Somerset. Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Limited just before the start of the Second World War , Westland had been building aircraft since 1915.
After the war though in 1946, the club was able to field two sides, one Yeovil and District League team, and one youth side. [3] However the club did not achieve any success until the Yeovil League charity cup win in the 1962–63. [2] In 1964–65 the club withdrew from the Yeovil and District League due to loss of players to Yeovil Town. The ...
Arthur Davenport F.R.Ae.S (9 July 1891 [1] – 31 August 1976 [2]) was a British aircraft engineer working for Westland Aircraft in Yeovil, Somerset.. When the Westland Aircraft Works was created by the Petter twins in 1915, Arthur was one of the first draughtsman to be recruited from Petter's Ltd. [3] He was chief designer from 1919, [4] working under the direction of Teddy Petter from May ...
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Petters Limited (known as JB Petter & Sons of Yeovil until 1910), were a maker of stationary petrol and diesel engines from 1896 onwards. [1] In 1915 Petter founded Westland Aircraft Works (renamed " Westland Aircraft " in 1935).
Yeovil Aerodrome (ICAO: EGHG), sometimes known as Yeovil/Westland (to avoid confusion with nearby RNAS Yeovilton), is located in Yeovil, Somerset, England, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of the town centre.