Meanwhile, thanks to Mick Burrow delving into the Westland archives, we can now illustrate what might have been the ultimate Wasp derivative of the P.531. Powered by twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6B turbine engines, and with "do-nut" type pads as undercarriage, this proposed development from 1965 was designated P.531-4/N.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Westland Scout / Wasp - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1958

Leif Hellstrom has sent in this photograph in the Middle East. It has a C-type RAF roundel and its previous serial appears to be '42', or possibly '43' but it could be that it is in the 400s, which would be more logical. It also appears that the rudder colours have been reversed, obscuring part of the lettering. This does not seem to fit in with other AX-serial Potez 63s e.g. AX672 (ex 670), AX673 (ex 699), AX680 (ex 395) AX691 (ex 691). The inevitable erk is posing in front of the serial number!

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Potez Potez 63.11 - ФранцияFrance - 1938

From Peter Green come some photographs of the Cierva W.9 under construction. At this time the original shape of the rear fuselage was upswept with the nozzle at the top of the tail.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cierva W.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

The Cierva W.9 at Thames Ditton in 1944. The members of the development and construction team posing in front of the protoype are not identified, but presumably include C G Pullin, J S Shapiro, Ken Watson and perhaps Ray Pullin.
The completed W.9 is outside the factory at Thames Ditton with what was most of the factory staff. The obscure location in a leafy suburb of Kingston-on-Thames does not seem to have been home to a large facility. We have never understood the reason it was built there instead of in a shed at Hanworth.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cierva W.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Cierva W.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944

A mock-up appeared on the Westland stand at the 1961 SBAC Show at Farnborough, some three years after Ian Callier's first sighting in 1958. By now it bore the fictitious registration "G-WASR" - presumably to indicate "Westland Aircraft Saunders-Roe"?
Flight, in its SBAC Show report, reported this by noting that, "A complete Nimbus-powered Wasp (five-seat passenger version) is displayed in company colours on the Westland stand". So far we have been unable to find a photo of "GWASR". Was this still the original "P.531" mock-up suitably disguised as a potential civil project based on the Wasp? Did it resemble a Wasp (in production guise), or did it resemble the early P.531 prototypes?
There was, however, a separate Saro project - the P.541. This was a Twin Turmo-powered Executive Transport helicopter, a drawing of which is reproduced here. Did the mock-up look like this? Someone surely must have taken a photo of it, but alas no photo appeared in Flight at the time. It is significant that a mock-up was in use over a period of three years or more in both military and civil markings, and thanks to Ian, Mike and Ian O'Neill for giving us the relevant information.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Saunders-Roe P.541 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1961