Wyvern College, Eastleigh had to travel to and from by bus. Originally, the new school was known as the Eastleigh Secondary School, but within a year the new Headmaster, Robert Blachford, chose the distinctive name of Wyvern with the motto "Advance". This heraldic dragon has been connected with Wessex since Tudor times and formed the crest of Sir Francis Drake; it also featured on the badge of Mr Blachford's Wessex regiment. However, accommodation became a problem at the Wyvern County Secondary School, and in 1966 the Wyvern arose again at Fair Oak, in the centre of the catchment area which also included the
Westland Wyvern while in service and testing there were 68 accidents, 39 were lost and there were 13 fatalities; including two RAF pilots and one United States Navy pilot. In 1949, a prototype Westland Wyvern TF.2 on a test flight crashed into houses in Yeovil, resulting in the death of four people, including the pilot. An unflown pre-production aircraft, the last to be fitted with the original Eagle piston engine, (serial number "VR137") is on display at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, England. Westland Wyvern The Westland Wyvern is a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft