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history should be told accurately.", "Crash sites can be graves of crew." ], "affected_parties": [ "Former crews and families", "Museums", "Rescued people and their families" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The museum or owner holding each airframe; aviation authorities regulate any flight.", "master_systems": [ "Museum collection records", "Civil aircraft registers for any registered example" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q376153: Whirlwind", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q376153", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Westland Whirlwind (helicopter)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_%28helicopter%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "type", "name": "Type", "description": "Which Whirlwind.", "rationale": "Variants differ.", "layers": [ { "id": "variant", "name": "Variant", "description": "Marks.", "findings": [ { "id": "variant-finding", "name": "Variant", "description": "Variant.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which variant is meant?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Piston or turbine engine?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "specs", "name": "Specifications", "description": "Performance.", "findings": [ { "id": "specs-finding", "name": "Specifications", "description": "Specifications.", "questions": [ { "text": "What were its engine, speed and capacity?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "text": "From which reference?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "service", "name": "Service", "description": "Operators.", "rationale": "History needs sources.", "layers": [ { "id": "operators", "name": "Operators", "description": "Users.", "findings": [ { "id": "operators-finding", "name": "Operators", "description": "Operators.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which services and companies operated it?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "In which roles?", "kind": "definition" } ] } ] }, { "id": "rescue", "name": "Rescue", "description": "Search and rescue.", "findings": [ { "id": "rescue-finding", "name": "Rescue", "description": "Search and rescue role.", "questions": [ { "text": "How was it used for search and rescue?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which notable rescues are documented?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "heritage", "name": "Heritage", "description": "Survivors.", "rationale": "Many are preserved.", "layers": [ { "id": "museums", "name": "Museums", "description": "Examples.", "findings": [ { "id": "museums-finding", "name": "Museums", "description": "Preserved examples.", "questions": [ { "text": "Where can preserved examples be seen?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Are any airworthy?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "records", "name": "Records", "description": "Archives.", "findings": [ { "id": "records-finding", "name": "Records", "description": "Records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which archives hold records?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "How can they be accessed?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "senses", "name": "Senses", "description": "Disambiguation.", "rationale": "Whirlwind has many senses.", "layers": [ { "id": "other", "name": "Other senses", "description": "Fighter, weather.", "findings": [ { "id": "other-finding", "name": "Senses", "description": "Other senses.", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the 1930s fighter or a weather whirlwind meant?", "kind": "boundary" }, { "text": "Which entry fits?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "models", "name": "Models", "description": "Scale models.", "findings": [ { "id": "models-finding", "name": "Models", "description": "Scale models.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which kits exist?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which references help accuracy?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should variants be separate entries?", "How should preserved airframes be linked?", "How should the weather sense be split off?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }