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Old 22nd Oct 2009, 08:20
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The Wilde Winches on VGS weren't from Barrage balloons - they were purpose made winches for the VGS and actually called Eagle winches.

The wilde winch gets it's name from the Wilde scroll gears that feed the cable across the drums as far as I am aware (Wilde being the guy who designed it I think)

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