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	Westland Helicopters - history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Westland were also building a small powerful twin-engined fighter, the Whirlwind intended to maintain air superiority over the English Channel and Northern France.
		Westland played a major part in the design of the Seafire and by the end of the war over 2000 Spitfire/Seafires had been produced in the Westland factories at Yeovil and Ilchester.
		The last fixed-wing design to be produced by Westland was the powerful Wyvern shipborne strike fighter, powered by a large turboprop driving contra-rotating propellers it entered service with the Royal Navy in 1953 and was used operationally during the Suez crisis in 1956.
	www.whl.co.uk /history_overview1.cfm (510 words)

	City of Westland, Michigan: Police Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Westland youth ages 7 through 16 are referred to Youth Assistance by the Police, Courts, Schools, Parents, and other Agencies.
		Once referred, an intake appointment is scheduled to explain the program’s services to the youth and parents (guardians), and to offer them the opportunity to discuss their concerns and to ask questions.
		The Westland Youth Assistance Program is funded by the City of Westland with additional funds from Wayne County, the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Target Corporation, and North Bros. Ford.
	www.ci.westland.mi.us /services/police2.html (1011 words)

	Westland TV - Fisheries Programs
		WestLand looks at watershed restoration challenges of the BC interior and reports on a new demonstration site for testing and teaching watershed restoration techniques in the North.
		WestLand will continue to update viewers on the phasing in of these enormous initiatives and the effect on overall sustainibility in B.C. This initiative of Forest Renewal B.C. is now undertaking the massive job ofrestoring watershed damage due to past logging practices.
		Larkin, a fisheries scientist, is also a vice-president of UBC and he is a member of the "sustainable development task group" a Canadian first response to the Brundtland Report.
	www.westlandtv.com /fisher.html (3949 words)

	The Rise of Militant: Winston, Westland & Wapping
		Heseltine, who at the time of the Westland affair was denouncing back-stabbing practices largely because it was carried out by Thatcher, was himself prepared to use precisely those methods when it suited him.
		The fate of the Westland workers was secondary in this cynical battle for money, power and prestige by a handful of tycoon’s and their political friends.
		The government was in complete disarray over the Westland scandal and they had still not dared to proceed with the sacking of GCHQ workers for fear of the massive industrial action which this would provoke.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /militant/ch29.htm (1635 words)

	- toledoblade.com -
		He said it speaks to the crisis his city and others are facing as a result of the arrival of Asia's deadly emerald ash borer.
		Wilson and Westland Mayor Sandra A. Cicirelli have become well-versed on the subject as reporters as far away as Toronto have come to Westland to see what might be in store for their part of North America.
		In Westland, air conditioning bills have risen in the summer and heating bills have risen in the winter as the large trees that once protected homes from seasonal abuses are gone.
	www.toledoblade.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041010/NEWS06/410100352/-1/NEWS (1661 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Westland plant closure costs 950 jobs
		Westland Helicopters is to shed nearly 1,000 jobs and close its site at Weston-super-Mare despite winning a string of orders in recent months.
		Westland said work on new aircraft contracts would not begin for 18 months, while a period of intense activity build ing 66 Merlin helicopters for the Ministry of Defence would come to an end next month.
		Westland rejected Mr Lyons' suggestion that the move had come as a shock to local union officials and argued that the two sides had been trying to find a solution to the problem for eight months.
	www.guardian.co.uk /airlines/story/0,1371,630956,00.html (527 words)

	Encyclopedia: Westland affair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil in Somerset, formed just before the start of World War II.
		Downing Street is the world-famous street in central London which contains the buildings that have been, for over two hundred years, the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers, the First Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Prime Minister of the United...
		The Eurocopter Group is a global helicopter manufacturing and support company formed in 1992 from the merger of the helicopter divisions of French Aérospatiale and German DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Westland-affair (700 words)

	Westland Wyvern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westland W.34 Wyvern was a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft of the 1950s intended to cover a wide variety of roles.
		Apart from the cannons, rockets, and bombs usually carried by such aircraft, the Wyvern was unusual in that it could also carry a torpedo.
		Although the first prototype flew on December 12 1946, Wyverns would not enter service for six years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westland_Wyvern (286 words)

	American Metal Market: Sikorsky, Fiat unlikely to get Westland stake - United Technologies Corp. Sikorsky Aircraft ...
		About 60 percent of Westland's shares are held by institutions and the remainder by private individuals, according to Philip Ayton, an analyst with stock-brokers De Zoete and Bevan.
		Meanwhile, prime minister Margaret Thatcher, whose government has been plunged into crisis by the Westland affair, Friday repeated it is up to the Westland board and its shareholders to decide the issue.
		Westlands already is involved in a number of collaborative projects with other European firms, including Agusta of Italy on the EH101 helicopter, according to the prime minister, and the British government will fight to ensure it remains involved, whichever proposal Westland accepts.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3MKT/is_v94/ai_4096674 (1081 words)

	Profile of the Valstar group
		In 1928 Maart Valstar as one of the five sons of a grower* was advised by his father to start in the export of fruit and vegetables in the auction of Naaldwijk.
		Produce was transported by flat boats (Westlander) to the 12 auctions in the Westland.
		The assortment in the Westland became bigger and was changing.
	www.valstar.nl /profile/history.htm (606 words)

	A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --B--
		After serving in the Bundestag from 1949 to 1957, he was mayor of West Berlin during the Berlin crisis of 1961, when the Wall was built almost overnight.
		A succession of weak governments was followed by a reformist administration in 1997, but positive results are yet to show and the country's initial application for membership of the EU failed on all counts to win the recommendation of the Commission.
		Britain and France wanted to reward Bulgaria for its steadfastness during the war, and, although membership remained a distant prospect, the new EU policy was to bolster stability in the region by considering ten Central European countries, including Bulgaria, as bona fide candidates.
	www.euro-know.org /dictionary/b.html (3876 words)

	Helicopter War
		No.42 Royal Marine Commando were flown in from their base in Singapore and backed up by Bristol Belvedere helicopters of No 66 Squadron RAF, and HMS Albion which had been exercising in the area at the time.
		The insurgents were dispersed in one month, but another crisis soon arose as brunei was not included in the newly formed Federation of Malaya and Indonesia threatened confrontation, including a continuation of the effort started by the north brunei Liberation Army.
		By February 1964, RAF and Royal Navy Helicopters including some Westland Wessex operating from bases in Sarawak and Sabah to assist Army and Marine detachments fighting guerilla forces infiltrated by Indonesia over its one thousand mile frontier with Malaysia.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Borneo/helo.html (262 words)

	District Crises Response Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A crisis can impact a single building or the entire district, depending on the nature of the crisis.
		The most important consideration in dealing with a crisis is the health, safety and welfare of the students and staff, and prompt notification of parents.
		For issues that have a general impact, such as a natural disaster, or for issues that affect the district as a whole, responsibility for crisis management rests with district and area administrators.
	wwcsd.net /wmhs/district.htm (266 words)

	Marklittlejohn - Attack On the Bridge At Gamil
		Westland Wyverns from HMS Eagle attack the bridge at Gamil during the Suez Crisis.
		During the Suez Crisis of 1956 on the 3rd of November, HMS Eagle's air group took on the Gamil Bridge a solid causeway, west of Port Said, the coastal link to Alexandria.
		Sea Hawks and Westland Wyvems divebombed it, but the bridge survived and a Wyvem was shot down.
	www.marklittlejohn.com /galleries/paintingDetails.asp?id=8 (276 words)

	WESTLANDWYVERN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Designed by W.E Petter in 1944 for the Westland company the single seat long range fighter was designed from the outset to carry heavier weapons for longer periods for an admiralty that was looking further forward than just the war against the axis powers.
		With its excellent all round vision and turbo prop power plant this torpedo/rocket carrier was to set the standards for future fleet designs and high hopes were set upon it.
		Although not considered to be the most successful fighter type in the fleets inventory it did see action in the Suez crisis of 1956 and carried out its tasks with honour and pride.
	pantherproductions2000.homestead.com /WESTLANDWYVERN.html (274 words)

	Michael Heseltine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was responsible for developing the policies that led to five bi-annual National Garden Festivals, starting in 1984.
		He then served as Defence Secretary from 1983 until 1986, when he resigned over the bitter dispute over Westland Helicopters known as the Westland affair.
		He retired to the backbenches, where he became increasingly critical of Margaret Thatcher's performance as Prime Minister.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Heseltine (695 words)

	Westland to merge with Italian co (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Westland Corp, the British company that brought the iron lady Margaret Thatcher's government to the brink of resignation in the late 80s, has announced that its parent company GKN had reached an agreement with Italian firm Finmeccanica to create a global copter-making company to rival Boeing of America, the world's biggest aircraft maker.
		Westland Corp has been in financial doldrums since the early 90s ever since it had to withdraw the assembly lines of its civilian helicopter.
		The merger of the two rival European companies was first envisaged in the 80s by the Tory deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine at the height of the Westland crisis in January 1986 but was opposed by Thatcher.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980419/10950684.html (291 words)

	Dentist Livonia MI - Preventitive Dental Care Saves Big Money - Livonia Westland and Farmington Area Dental Patients ...
		We call this "crisis treatment" as opposed to "preventive treatment".
		While these patients may feel they are saving money, it usually ends up costing much more in both dollars and time.
		Westland - Farmington - Northville - Plymouth MI areas.
	www.cosmeticdentistlivonia.com /Dental-Topic32.html (190 words)

	Britain: Kelly death deepens Blair's crisis
		The Financial Times compared this crisis to the Westland helicopter affair in 1986, which claimed the scalps of two Tory Cabinet ministers and almost that of Thatcher herself.
		However, the fact that the BBC has named Dr Kelly as the source for their claims that the dossier was 'sexed up' has given the government another opportunity to deflect the heat from themselves.
		This has not just created a government crisis but a crisis for the BBC which, although it tries to maintain a veneer of independence, is part of the capitalist establishment.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/07/29.html (1013 words)

	Heseltine demands fresh inquiry into Westland affair \| \| Guardian Unlimited Business
		Speaking on the 20th anniversary of the crisis - which almost dislodged Mrs Thatcher from Number 10 and cost both Mr Heseltine and Leon Brittan their jobs - the Tory peer said he had given permission for the release of his documents relating to the affair, but publication was being blocked by others.
		Lord Heseltine claimed that the recent autobiography from Sir John Knott - a former defence minister who at the time of the Westland crisis ran Lazards, the firm's bank - backed up his accusations.
		He said: "What I said at the time was true, and every time there is a revelation it confirms what I said," Lord Heseltine said.
	business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,16781,1685045,00.html (616 words)

	News: Major NATO naval exercises in Portugal
		Their forces invaded ethnic Gray areas of Yellowland territory and NATO's goal was to prop up a fragile cease-fire and alleviate the suffering of persecuted locals.
		A real-life crisis intruded midway through the simulation, when the British aircraft carrier H.M.S. Illustrious and support ships were called into active duty to help bolster the U.N. peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone.
		Mota e Silva said that the situation in the West African state was exactly the sort of operation NATO was likely to face in future missions.
	www.helis.com /news/2000/natoexe.htm (632 words)

	CNN.com - Pilot shortage grounds Apaches - Oct. 31, 2002
		The delay in using the £3 billion (U.S. $4.6 billion) aircraft could lead to a "significant capability gap" for the army because the missile system on its aging Lynx helicopters cannot be upgraded, the National Audit Office warned.
		The audit office criticised several aspects of the government's deal to buy the 67 Apache helicopters from contractor Westland in 1995, including a decision to award the training contract to a separate company.
		ATIL, a company jointly owned by Westland and U.S. manufacturer Boeing, was given the training contract after the government decided Westland's sole offer was too expensive.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/31/apache.helicopters (347 words)

	Open-minded (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		GKN bought a substantial stake in the helicopter manufacturer in 1988, and a decade later merged Westland with Finmeccanica's helicopter manufacturing Agusta subsidiary to form the AgustaWestland joint venture.
		By allowing Westland full integration into Agusta, the UK is also ensuring there is home-grown competition in the European rotorcraft market, and empowering AgustaWestland to ensure that Eurocopter does not establish monolithic dominance.
		The Westland sale should be a lesson for the USA that consolidation is inevitable, no matter how many industrial and political tantrums are thrown.
	www.flightinternational.com /FALANDING_182445.htm (718 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Post-WW2 British aircraft gallery
		The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seater strike aircraft.
		So Westland was forced to use the older Python engine of 3,760 HP which provided a top speed of 616 kmh and a range of 1455 km.
		It saw action against Egyptian forces in 1956 during the Suez crisis, 830 squadron seems to have been the only one that made any combat flights, losing 2 aircraft in 79 sorties.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /fowler/index.php (1928 words)

	Westland affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over $95,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		While the Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine favoured a European solution, integrating Westland and BAe with Italian (Agusta) and French companies, the Prime Minister and the Trade and Industry Secretary Leon Brittan wanted to see Westland merge with Sikorsky, an American company.
		Several ironies are present in subsequent events — Heseltine's wish to see a strong European competitor has emerged in the form of the Eurocopter group and Agusta would eventually merge with Westland in 2000 and then acquire GKN's stake in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westland_affair (280 words)

	Lifelong RN - 4/26/2002: Sharing Power : Program 2 - Federal and Unitary States
		John Westland: Professor Ann Booth, an economist from the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University is a frequent visitor to Indonesia.
		John Westland: The Indonesian Army, or T.N.I, has been waging military campaigns against separatist rebels since forging the nation in 1945 and it’s not clear that they would be prepared to see further parts of the Republic break away.
		John Westland: While separatist movements in India have tended to arise in those poorer regions where people are not integrated into the national economy, in Indonesia, by contrast, break-away movements are strongest in resource-rich regions like West Papua and Aceh.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/learning/lifelong/stories/s529804.htm (4540 words)

	[A-List] UK state: Iraq crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Yes, the Westland affair, where Kinnock had a chance to bury Thatcher once and for all and instead let her off the hook.
		Well-placed Tories said Mr Duncan Smith had allowed himself to be browbeaten by Tony Blair on a day when the prime minister should have been on the defensive.
		Mr Duncan Smith, whose Commons performances have improved in recent months, thought he was on strong ground in the house yesterday when he seized on the allegation by John Reid that "rogue" spies had briefed against Downing Street.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-June/026339.html (1576 words)

	Station Information - Michael Heseltine
		He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group.
		He served in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher as Secretary of State for the Environment from 1979, then as Defence Secretary from 1983 to 1986, when he resigned over the bitter dispute over Westland Helicopters known as the Westland crisis.
		He challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party in November 1990, but the contest - which Douglas Hurd also entered - was eventually won by John Major.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/michael_heseltine.html (339 words)

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