Yes Alan, lost in a very tragic accident. Tony, I do not have a photo of the Wyvern but I do have a fantastic 1/48th scale model of one in Suez Crises colours which I will post a photo of when I return home on Sunday (We came to Swansea for the weekend today and I am posting this reply from my Blackberry),
Regards,
Bob
That'll be great Bob. I have been trying to find a plastic kit of one. There is only one company that does them and that's "Trumpeter" a Chinese firm. My Father was part of the team that built Wyverns at Westlands.
Heres a Frog set at Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-FROG-HAWKER-TYPHOON-PLASTIC-KIT-MINT-BAG-/280560707965?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item4152b8a97d&x=37&y=6
And they seem to have got a Frog set for sale here too: http://www.magictoybox-online.co.uk/acatalog/Frog.html
Thank You very much Stein for all that information. Very interesting. A shame that such nice looking aircraft that should have had so much potential never really lived up to it. I never spoke to my Father about Westland Aircraft but I wish I had. That will now have to wait until until a future meeting.
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