Bristow bought 6 ex-RN Whirlwinds in 1969 and converted them to WS55 Series 3 with the Gnome engine, initially the airframes were sent to Westland to have the new nose fitted to accomodate the Gnome engine. Bristow eventually bought the jigs from Westland and finished the project. I started the initial stripping of the 6 airframes and then took delivery of the converted airframes in Abu Dhabi a couple of years later.
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