PROFILE # 32

THE WESTLAND WAPITI

(C.F. ANDREWS)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers and collectors alike.

Contents:

            Specification 26 / 27

          Fin / Rudder Growth

          The Wapiti Mark by Mark

          Special Wapitis

          The Wapiti in Service

          Specification of Wapiti Mark IIA

          Wapiti Production for A.M.

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Good, staples rusted but remain sound and all pages remain secured.  Rubbing along the length of the spine crease.  Light marking apparent on the cover pages (see photograph) with a small nick towards the bottom of the leading edge.  Only light ink staining on back cover page from the front page of copy stored below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed. 

Publication:  1965