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Forum: Rotorheads
14th Nov 2012, 12:17
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

heli1 - see my post here:...

heli1 - see my post here: http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-86.html#post7519210 (http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-86.html#post7519210)...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Nov 2012, 19:31
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Just to clarify Lindsey's post immediately above...

Just to clarify Lindsey's post immediately above - it refers to my post about a fatal Wessex accident in the Radfan in 1964 (Post 263 on page 14). I'm in contact with the two surviving crew members...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2012, 22:53
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

ukserials.com website agrees with you - it went...

ukserials.com website agrees with you - it went to Valley on 24/2/84 and if you click on the reg on that site there is a photo of it hanging on the wall!
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2012, 09:24
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Here's one for Crab - a Wessex is beautiful in...

Here's one for Crab - a Wessex is beautiful in any colours!

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l543/CharlieOneSix/nice_airplanes_westland_wessex.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jul 2012, 08:56
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Mrs C16 recently gave me a birthday present of...

Mrs C16 recently gave me a birthday present of this carved wooden model of my favourite mount from 1965. It's totally handpainted - no decals - and the fuselage is 15 inches long. Just superb and...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Mar 2012, 20:42
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

This is cropped from a corner of a photo of the...

This is cropped from a corner of a photo of the instrument panel in the Wessex HAS Mk1 at Duxford. I haven't flown a Mk 1 for well over 40 years but I don't recall two JPT gauges. Having said that,...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jan 2012, 22:08
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Bast0n - no, he's got the correct serial number....

Bast0n - no, he's got the correct serial number. XT760 is underwater at the RN Diving School, Horsea Island, Portsmouth, having arrived there by road on 18 November 1997. It actually has the rear...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Dec 2011, 15:44
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

The signature is FCH Powell. Chris Powell died...

The signature is FCH Powell. Chris Powell died of lung cancer in September 2008. As well as being a Wessex Junglie, amongst other things he was SAR at Lossiemouth on the Whirlwind at the time that...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Nov 2011, 11:12
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

815 Squadron in the Radfan, north of Aden, in 1964

A few months ago a relative of a friend was dismantling an old chest of drawers he had bought years before at a car boot sale in Hawick, Scotland. He found some dusty old 35mm monochrome negatives...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Oct 2011, 10:16
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Could possibly be XS490 with Lt TMF Neil on 3...

Could possibly be XS490 with Lt TMF Neil on 3 March 1972. Port u/c leg radius fractured. Oleo and arm replaced in the hover on Bulwark (Info from book "FAA Helicopters Since 1973"). But it was...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Oct 2011, 09:29
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

"Recovered" is a bit of a misnomer. Shortly...

"Recovered" is a bit of a misnomer. Shortly after the photo was taken the Belvedere crew dropped the Wessex into the jungle when the load became unstable.

Edit: There's quite a story of mishaps...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Oct 2011, 16:53
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Looks more like Portland to me....especially as...

Looks more like Portland to me....especially as it has PO on the tail!
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2011, 12:47
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

It's a long time since these old eyes have seen a...

It's a long time since these old eyes have seen a Mk 44 torpedo but is that what is on the stores carrier in the above photo? If correct, what was it doing on a junglie Wessex?
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Aug 2011, 17:46
Replies: 610
Views: 378,788
Posted By CharlieOneSix

Although it doesn't much look like it, it's a...

Although it doesn't much look like it, it's a Pegasus rampant which indicates it is an 18 Squadron airframe.
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