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Wwyvern · 8th Jun 2009, 13:54

One training/demo exercise with SAS was to rope some of them from our Wessex onto Chelsea Barracks as part of a VIP show in 1972.

We briefed that we would come to the hover, deploy the rope, and despatch the troops. As we slowed down from forward flight and I called for the rope to be let out, the crewman said, "Too late, they've gone."

The SAS take everything seriously and play for real.

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Wwyvern Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Berkshire, UK Posts: 140	One training/demo exercise with SAS was to rope some of them from our Wessex onto Chelsea Barracks as part of a VIP show in 1972. We briefed that we would come to the hover, deploy the rope, and despatch the troops. As we slowed down from forward flight and I called for the rope to be let out, the crewman said, "Too late, they've gone." The SAS take everything seriously and play for real.