The CHAIRMAN, in opening the meeting, said that the Author required no introduction As Technical Director of the Westland Aircraft Company since 1952, MR HOLLIS WILLIAMS had been responsible for a very successful family of helicopters, all based on well-established Sikorsky experience Previously, as Chief Engineer of the Fairey Aviation Company, he had been responsible for the development of naval aircraft, and prior to that, as Chief Engineer of General Aircraft at Hanworth, his developments had included the well-known troop-carrying gliders, the Hotspur and the Hamilcar He was a member of Council of this Association and a Fellow and Silver Medallist of the Royal Aeronautical Society He was also a helicopter pilot, having undertaken a conversion course under BASIL ARKELL in 1946, as a result of which he now held Royal Aero Club helicopter certificate No 13