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Whirlwind Fighter Project

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1212316
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 26, 2025
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
57 BRAMBLEFIELD LANE
KEMSLEY
SITTINGBOURNE
57 BRAMBLEFIELD LANE
KEMSLEY
ME10 2SX

Contact

Activities

The primary aim of the Whirlwind Fighter Project is to reproduce a single example of the Westland Whirlwind Mk 1 twin-engine single-seater fighter-bomber aircraft.It is intended that the project will result in a non-airworthy reproduction of the Westland Whirlwind, built to available original plans, with (where possible) original materials.

Objects: For The Public Benefit To Advance Education About The Whirlwind Fighter Aircraft And Ww2 Aviation History And Heritage By Recreating An Aircraft Model For Display, Providing Information About The Historical Context And Occupational Processes And Innovative Manufacturing Techniques.

Classification

How
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Trustees

Name Appointed
David Brocklehurst MBE (Chair) Nov. 20, 2022
Christopher Hayward Sept. 28, 2015
Gunnar Olsen May 24, 2013
Matthew Bearman May 24, 2013
Michael Wynn Eastman May 24, 2013
Peter Geoffrey Lancaster Oct. 9, 2021
Peter Smith Oct. 12, 2021
Robert Bowater May 24, 2013