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Forum: Rotorheads
4th Oct 2022, 14:16
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Some naughty people have been known to change th...

Some naughty people have been known to change th registration with bodge tape (Harry Blackers for the RN) to confuse the spotters at airshows.
Forum: Rotorheads
29th May 2020, 19:56
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Thud - roger out:ok:

Thud - roger out:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
29th May 2020, 17:21
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Thud, I can think of 2 Daves that might fit the...

Thud, I can think of 2 Daves that might fit the bill - one (DG) known for his eyebrows and the other (DLM) more suave and sophisticated:ok: Actually just thought of another (DW).
Forum: Rotorheads
29th May 2020, 06:41
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Thud, I am intrigued - who was that DCI (I served...

Thud, I am intrigued - who was that DCI (I served at Wallop on exchange for several years) but not as DCI so it wasn't me:)
Forum: Rotorheads
24th May 2020, 08:40
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Democritus - that is the same rad alt as Wessex 2...

Democritus - that is the same rad alt as Wessex 2 so I don't know where the traffic light one came from.

Georg1na - saying we needed a countdown to a sports afternoon is like saying the Navy need...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2020, 14:59
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Georgina - no pictures unfortunately, from memory...

Georgina - no pictures unfortunately, from memory the scale only went to 500' and it had a traffic light arrangement on the top of the coaming,

The normal HC 2 rad alt was very good.
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2020, 13:08
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Ivan C-T - top chap, did my pre A2 workup with...

Ivan C-T - top chap, did my pre A2 workup with him:ok:

We had some ex-RN Mk 5s in Cyprus that had been part-converted to HC 2 standard but retained the horrible traffic light rad-alt and (very...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2020, 21:06
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

There were several in various stages of poor...

There were several in various stages of poor repair on the military side of Montevideo airport - the UK sold them quite a few but they didn't have the engineering skill to keep them going, especially...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Nov 2015, 09:55
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Up Gently - both Cab le Cutter and I have flown...

Up Gently - both Cab le Cutter and I have flown with the pilot in the past and, whilst he was a good pair of hands, he had a mischevious and sometimes slightly barking view of what should and...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2015, 05:56
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Learned so much in it in my first 2 years of...

Learned so much in it in my first 2 years of flying - constant MAUM and limited power, loss of tail rotor authority, how to overtorque and not crash when you get the wind wrong, how that awesome...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2012, 09:05
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

They looked so much better all yellow:E

They looked so much better all yellow:E
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2011, 18:39
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Interesting formation - is it called anything...

Interesting formation - is it called anything other than 23-ship same way, same day?;)
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2011, 07:57
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Wasaloadie - yes. they told me they had lots of...

Wasaloadie - yes. they told me they had lots of problems with the fuel computers and were surprised when I told them it was the same engine and computer in the Sea King.

Would like to know the...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2011, 05:53
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Very sad to see ...

Very sad to see

http://i1091.photobucket.com/albums/i387/22sarboy/uruguay136.jpg

...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Nov 2011, 12:14
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Just visited a very sad Wessex graveyard at...

Just visited a very sad Wessex graveyard at Carasco airport in Montevideo. The Fuerza Aerea Uruguay stopped flying them a few years ago due to shortage of spares and 5 of them have been towed round...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Oct 2011, 11:04
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

So that's 2 people down the back to reach up and...

So that's 2 people down the back to reach up and tie your bootlaces together or pass you a pre-shaken bottle of coke or crack eggs into your washbag!! All things that happened down in S Armagh -...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2011, 14:05
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

If only they had let us operate the Wessex in NI...

If only they had let us operate the Wessex in NI in that fit (without the tropedo but with the fwd facing cannon and port GPMG)!!!

I like Baston's pic proudly proclaiming it had a Royal Nav - we...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Oct 2011, 14:37
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Baston , yes the Mk 2s had fuel jettison but the...

Baston , yes the Mk 2s had fuel jettison but the 84 Sqn Wessex were Mk5s reworked to Mk2 standard and they retained the drop tank on the port side as well. An SBS officer suggested they could mount...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Sep 2011, 18:39
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Fantastic, thanks Andy - that one's definitely in...

Fantastic, thanks Andy - that one's definitely in my logbook and I might fly it again when I visit the Urugayan SAR set-up in November:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Sep 2011, 13:34
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Anyone happen to know if the Uruguayans are still...

Anyone happen to know if the Uruguayans are still operating the Wessex we sold them?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Apr 2008, 12:50
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

First light inserts of ops in S.Armargh,...

First light inserts of ops in S.Armargh, selectively blatting at 50' (honest) over the houses flying a tricolour - ahhhh the good old days;)
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Apr 2008, 06:54
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

Similar thing happened in 85 at Crossmaglen where...

Similar thing happened in 85 at Crossmaglen where the mortars came in over the fence as the Wessex was in the hover - the crewman saw one coming and shouted a warning. The captain grabbed a handful...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Mar 2004, 06:28
Replies: 610
Views: 378,858
Posted By [email protected]

In nearly 3000 hrs of Wessex time I only had one...

In nearly 3000 hrs of Wessex time I only had one engine run down on me and a spurious fire caption - other than that, the old girl just kept on going.
It was a top SH machine, hampered only by its...
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