The Genet-engined Widgeon II competing in the Grosvenor Cup Race at Lympne in 1926.
The Westland "Widgeon" with Armstrong-Siddeley "Genet" engine doing a vertical bank.
The short-lived prototype Widgeon was powered by a 35 h.p. three-cylinder Thrush engine. It crashed during the trials before its performance could be assessed.
LANDING IN THE DESPREZ CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION: 1, Dr. Whitehead Reid in his Westland "Widgeon II" (Genet), "Wendy," at Filton on May 26, 1929. Dr. Whitehead Reid won second place. Widgeon G-EBJT was the first prototype and as a Widgeon I was first registered in September 1926. It was damaged at that year's Lympne trials and was rebuilt as the Widgeon II with a 60 h.p. Genet I engine. The aircraft was sold to Dr Whitehead Reid in January 1928
