Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960: Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation (Studies in Air Power) Review

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(More customer reviews)This truly excellent book presents previously unpublished information on the post WW2 British rotorcraft industry. Many questions regarding the reasons for the failure of various projects are answered using official records, first person accounts and other reliable sources.
There are a few minor technical errors here and there but the type of reader this book will attract will easily be able to immediately identify and correct them while reading the material.


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This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives.In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.

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