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Forum: Rotorheads
8th Jun 2013, 07:55
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

A simulator for a Wessex..................? ...

A simulator for a Wessex..................?

Now that is something I would like to have seen.............:p




Lighten up Myra - this is all good fun and I am sure whoever you are mentioning...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jun 2013, 17:32
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Puts me in mind of a very well known Jungly pilot...

Puts me in mind of a very well known Jungly pilot who knocked the radio airiel of the wing - yes the fender for you SASless - in front of the windscreen of a moving car crossing Goonhilly Downs with...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2013, 12:46
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

31 years ago today we lost some fine men and...

31 years ago today we lost some fine men and ships. My handful of Wessex 5s also sank but good old Bravo November did not, and still is I believe doing a wonderful job.

Raise a glass tonight to...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th May 2013, 09:37
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

If you look carefully - after a little while you...

If you look carefully - after a little while you will notice a Wessex in the background!

These are the Poonans, a super friendly helpful wandering tribe.

...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2013, 08:47
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Savoia - thanks for that. This is my first go...

Savoia - thanks for that. This is my first go with Picasa. Rather a fun shot showing loadlifting before the dreaded 8 foot strop that slowed everything down..................go and look out some...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th May 2013, 18:47
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

My photobucket seems to have gone tits up. Anyone...

My photobucket seems to have gone tits up. Anyone have an alternative?
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2013, 21:05
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

It seems to have been reported that the shaft...

It seems to have been reported that the shaft between the engines and the gearbox failed - I think they mean the shaft from the coupling gearbox and the main rotor gearbox. That is the one that would...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2013, 17:47
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Old Beefer I bet you bent over...

Old Beefer



I bet you bent over backwards to think of that one.....................:O

(or perhaps personal experience?)
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2013, 14:08
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Madbob - How dare you Sir! We were all...

Madbob -



How dare you Sir! We were all aircrew exhausted by the continual round of CTPs and were carrying out training to find out what being close to sea felt like. We could then insult the...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2013, 13:19
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Ah well Savoia - wazing is just getting up there...

Ah well Savoia - wazing is just getting up there for the hell of it - no particular task - dare I say going looking for nudists - female in case you are asking - whistling about the world with no...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Mar 2013, 10:22
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

John - well yes!! Don't forget the depth...

John - well yes!!

Don't forget the depth charges, torpedoes, cabin mounted machine guns and the great fun 2" RP.........................:O
...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Mar 2013, 22:26
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Well John - all very interesting............ ...

Well John - all very interesting............

But - Why were there tyre marks across the hall table at the Red House mess......? and indeed upstairs as well..............?

What about what was...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Mar 2013, 13:51
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Dear Nigel may have thought that he demonstrated...

Dear Nigel may have thought that he demonstrated a Wessex 5 at Farnborough in 1964 but actually the whole of 848NACS was there drinking for Britain and staying at an Army mess called the Red House. I...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Mar 2013, 11:20
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

At the risk of being an anorak I have looked up...

At the risk of being an anorak I have looked up the history of XM330 in the fantastic book by Lee Howard and others, isbn 978-0-85130-304-8 Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943! Savoia you really...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2012, 08:47
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Last time I did not achieve 140 degrees of bank...

Last time I did not achieve 140 degrees of bank in a WessexI had to change my laundry. I would love to see a photo of it being done..............

Oh - I have found one of me doing it after...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jan 2012, 21:57
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

FED Oh Bother! I meant XT760 which ended up...

FED

Oh Bother! I meant XT760 which ended up in a lake round about November 1997.

Sorry.
D
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jan 2012, 17:42
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Simon Are you sure that it is not XT670?...

Simon

Are you sure that it is not XT670? That one ended up in a lake and I can tell you quite a bit about it.

David.
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Dec 2011, 14:10
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Well done Savoia - this is your 1000th post and...

Well done Savoia - this is your 1000th post and my favorite Wessex 5 picture.

It was taken near Bardufoss in the late 70s by that fabulous ariel photograher Richard Cooke - a great chap who liked...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2011, 18:57
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Geoffers.......... ...

Geoffers..........

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!

a tiny bite for Christmas! but in truth that was a great bit of flying. (but he needed a looker to achieve the aim and saying nice things about...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2011, 13:27
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Geoffers You can tell that all those chaps...

Geoffers

You can tell that all those chaps in France are pingers - No medals!!

D
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2011, 12:11
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Happy Christmas all you Wessex lovers, and a...

Happy Christmas all you Wessex lovers, and a wonderful New Year. D


http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/Arctic0166.jpg

PS - Pingers, insert holly as appropriate!
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Dec 2011, 08:01
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

SAS Yes all true but as wew were in cloud we...

SAS

Yes all true but as wew were in cloud we were blissfully ignorant.........!:sad:
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Dec 2011, 21:19
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

SASless This one was the first Wessex FAW 1....

SASless

This one was the first Wessex FAW 1.

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/Midair01.jpg

Knocking down the free worlds finest VTO fighter, in IMC, with it's tail...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Dec 2011, 14:25
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Crab My remarks about sports afternoons was...

Crab

My remarks about sports afternoons was probably a little harsh.:(

There is nothing wrong with playing Lacrosse, especially if you were good at it as I am sure you were. Any pictures of you...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2011, 21:49
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Dear Crab As someone much wiser than you or...

Dear Crab

As someone much wiser than you or I has previously stated, this is probably the only thread on Pprune that has no acrimony or unpleasantness,so from your lowly position in the Queens...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Nov 2011, 08:48
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Tipcap As you can see it is looking straight...

Tipcap

As you can see it is looking straight down the disused, in my day, runway 17.

The usual runway was 23 which ran out of land half a mile to the west of the hovercraft slipway.

Hope...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Nov 2011, 11:37
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Jubilee review. The Wessex at Lee on Solent....

Jubilee review.
The Wessex at Lee on Solent. The rehearsal was so hairy and the weather so bad we could not have done it without a Wessex 3, God bless 'im, guiding us around the Isle of Wight....
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Nov 2011, 15:58
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Gasping Dog Here you...

Gasping Dog

Here you are...........................

Having an attack of wind methinks.............................:)

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/untitled.png
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2011, 11:13
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

For John Eacott! Call that a flypast? ...

For John Eacott!

Call that a flypast?

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/Jubileereview01.jpg

and don't forget the Rusty B
...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Nov 2011, 09:22
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Savoia The mighty HMS Albion seen here...

Savoia

The mighty HMS Albion seen here entering Aden

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/BulwarkAlbion5.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2011, 12:12
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Nigel, 11 plus was not taught in private...

Nigel,

11 plus was not taught in private schools, so that is why you were not given the chance to fail it:)

I seem to remember also that if you were on the Flypro all the cabs went and hid - as...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2011, 17:29
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronz...

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/TwicetheKit.jpg

I know it is not the Wessex but it was done by people with a similar sense of Jungly humour!!

D
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2011, 16:04
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Savoia – those covers run down both sides of the...

Savoia – those covers run down both sides of the Wessex 5 just below cockpit level. You will note that unlike other marks of Wessex the forward end is open as an intake. In the lesser marks this...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2011, 12:12
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

And for Savoia I combine the two best looking...

And for Savoia I combine the two best looking Wessex 5 pilots...............:)


http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/Savoia.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2011, 08:18
Replies: 610
Views: 378,820
Posted By bast0n

Anyone recognize this young...

Anyone recognize this young chap......................:confused:

http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll301/tallbronzedgod/OsbornN.jpg
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