Westland flies mission Merlin

GKN Westland flew the first fully mission-equipped Westland/Agusta EH101 Merlin anti-submarine-warfare helicopter, RN02, on 14 January, providing a welcome fillip to the considerably delayed project. The flight-test programme has been severely curtailed over the past six months because of an incident with prototype number seven (PP07) in August 1996. Westland ...

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