Rotorcraft Nicknames
In the very early days of the Wessex HAS3 around 1966/7 it became the Camel due to the radar hump on the aft fuselage. Not sure the name stuck for very long though. Our Trials Unit tie, which I still have, was dark blue emblazoned with gold coloured dromedaries.
Never heard a SeaKing called anything but a SeaKing either.
Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant Search and Rescue (SAR) Helicopter
I can't stitch the scans together, but you get the idea!
We also had such gems as "Happiness is Wren shaped", "Around the world with the Royal Navy", etc. Very droll....
We also had such gems as "Happiness is Wren shaped", "Around the world with the Royal Navy", etc. Very droll....
is that because it is what the pax say when I somehow manage to get them back on land safely?
S76A "Spirit"
Named by Adolph Plennenfish Jr., the winner of a company-wide contest to
name the S-76 held around 1978. Use of the name was discontinued by October 1981
due to religious sensitivities in some South American countries and a lawsuit by Spirit
Airways of California claiming trademark infringement. All official references to the
name Spirit were purged from the field. S-76 logo stickers were provided to operators
to affix to their maintenance manual and IPC binders, covering the old Spirit logo.
Named by Adolph Plennenfish Jr., the winner of a company-wide contest to
name the S-76 held around 1978. Use of the name was discontinued by October 1981
due to religious sensitivities in some South American countries and a lawsuit by Spirit
Airways of California claiming trademark infringement. All official references to the
name Spirit were purged from the field. S-76 logo stickers were provided to operators
to affix to their maintenance manual and IPC binders, covering the old Spirit logo.
"Two palm trees having sex with a fat sausage"
Salute to your Comrades SAS.