The CHAIRMAN extended a welcome to non-members of the Association and introduced the speaker He said that Mr WILLANS had a long association with aircraft which extended back to 1935 Apart from a period during the war, when he was engaged on engine and propeller overhaul with B O A C, he had been continuously associated with aircraft maintenance in one form or another After the war he joined British European Airways as Chief Inspector, later he played an important part in BEA’s “sealed servicing” experiments, in 1950 he began his association with helicopters and since 1951 he had been engaged full time on helicopter operational and development problems (including maintenance) as Works Manager of the Helicopter Unit Against that background the Chairman felt that Mr Willans’ paper would be of interest and value to everyone