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private venture heavy lift / transport development. with twin napier
eland e220 turboshaft engines, in its day the wg.7 westminster was the
western world s largest mechanically driven, twin turbine, single rotor system
helicopter. developed at the end of the 1950s, the project was
eventually doomed by: 1) westland s acquistion of saunders-roe and the helicopter elements of fairey and bristol with the need to consolidate and
reorganise the business; 2) the admiralty s concern over the potential loss of
focus on the anti-submarine version of the wessex; 3) a lack-lustre order
book, despite appearances at the 1958, 1959 and 1960 aviation showcase sbac
airshows at farnborough. only 2 protoypes built. 
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| Organisation Qty | Units | Bases/Heliports |  | 1958/62 | 2 | westland |
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| Construction Numbers of this Model: | | |
| C/N | Version | Built | History | wa1  | | 1958 | G-APLE : ff 15 Jun 1958, registered as G-APLE 27 Feb 1959. De-registered 29 Sep 1960 and scrapped by Coley.
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| wa2 | | 1959 | G-APTX : Registered as G-APTX 5 May 1959, ff 4 Sep 1959. wfu Sep 1962 and scrapped by Coley.
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2 C/N found.
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