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Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2022, 02:37
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Thread revival time: this one has just surfaced...

Thread revival time: this one has just surfaced from Bristow, Nigeria :ok:

https://youtu.be/5UHedT2b0gI
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2020, 22:00
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

No radalt traffic lights on any Wessex that I...

No radalt traffic lights on any Wessex that I remember?
...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd May 2020, 05:29
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

I've reloaded my missing photos: and the flap to...

I've reloaded my missing photos: and the flap to allow the service door to drop over the rescue hoist was fine until you forgot it was there and moved back onto it during a pre-flight inspection!
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2020, 11:13
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

My photos went when my old company folded and the...

My photos went when my old company folded and the website was no more. Given a nudge I'll try to find the originals and upload them to PPRuNe library.

Here are some more of Nigel's from Borneo,...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2020, 11:05
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

I scan with SF8, but buggered if I can improve...

I scan with SF8, but buggered if I can improve the image damage left by the mould? I've just downloaded HDR8 which may be what I should use but it's a bit of a mystery box at the moment. Scanner is...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2020, 06:06
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Here are a few more, again apologies for the poor...

Here are a few more, again apologies for the poor quality. Nigel Osborn should be able to give some detail of the photos :ok:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Apr 2020, 23:19
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

I'd like to see your photos please :ok: Here...

I'd like to see your photos please :ok:

Here are a couple never before seen, I've been scanning some old slides (in very poor condition) belonging to Nigel Osborn from his time on 848NAS. Not...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jun 2013, 09:38
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Besides, none of us carried Janes, it was too...

Besides, none of us carried Janes, it was too bulky.

Big Boys Book of Ships was the standard reference book :p
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2013, 09:53
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Looking back on the Farnborough dits from Nigel...

Looking back on the Farnborough dits from Nigel and Bast0n, I'm not sure if I posted this from the Farnborough programme in 1968:

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/8125-2/845+Farnborough.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2013, 21:19
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Out of the mouths of babes :p Then there...

Out of the mouths of babes :p

Then there were the helicopter gymkhanas, treasure hunts, and other general wazzing around stuff: not entirely unknown to the gentlemen aviators of the rotary pursuit...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Mar 2013, 03:54
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Bast0n, Droll, very droll. But what would we...

Bast0n,

Droll, very droll. But what would we pingers know about such carryings on? :p
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Mar 2013, 21:11
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

The Wessex HU5 fit: ...

The Wessex HU5 fit:

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/5350-1/Wessex+weapons+platform.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Mar 2013, 09:26
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

The underslung load is a fire fighting module:...

The underslung load is a fire fighting module: foam, IIRC.

The XM330 was an RAE machine, so would have been equipped with all sorts of esoteric stuff that wouldn't have reached front line, so the...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Dec 2011, 17:58
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Further to SASless' link, there is a first hand...

Further to SASless' link, there is a first hand account by one of the junglies in Chapter Six, South Georgia...
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd Dec 2011, 20:52
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Geoffers, I was pulled off an IF trip with...

Geoffers,

I was pulled off an IF trip with Mike Lehan to be No 2 (in 569) in that photo: I will try to find the colour copy off a magazine cover :cool:

Just to align SK and junglies, another...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2011, 21:25
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

A shot here of RFA Regent's WxV doing a bit of...

A shot here of RFA Regent's WxV doing a bit of Vertrep to/from Lyness

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/4612-2/31+Regent+Wessex+vertrep+from+Lyness.jpg

Back to Albie One: we Pingers were...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2011, 20:06
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Preceded by the PoW's machine, supposedly bright...

Preceded by the PoW's machine, supposedly bright enough that we wouldn't run into him :p

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/4620-2/PoW+Wessex+V+2.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Nov 2011, 04:31
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

For Bast0n, the Fleet fly past on leaving...

For Bast0n, the Fleet fly past on leaving Singapore: HMS Albion

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/4599-2/Fly+past+HMS+Triumph+paying+off+Singapore_001.jpg

For Geoffers, the Port wait, with the...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2011, 10:17
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Leaving Honky Fid, we gave a bit of a fly past...

Leaving Honky Fid, we gave a bit of a fly past with a gaggle of Sioux leading the way:

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/1330-1/Forming+up+for+Hong+Kong+fly+past+Wessex+_amp_+Sioux.jpg

...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Nov 2011, 10:00
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Geoff, 6 Spot: what a delightful place to...

Geoff,

6 Spot: what a delightful place to land, and later we were relegated to the starboard wait, out of sight & out of mind!

Chris Johnson was Flight Commander of Ark SAR in these photos:
...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2011, 08:59
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

I thought the 11+ would see you by in your day,...

I thought the 11+ would see you by in your day, Nigel :p
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2011, 20:18
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Of course, a proper Wessex driver gets the ZigZag...

Of course, a proper Wessex driver gets the ZigZag tie from the FAAOA (http://www.fleetairarmoa.org/catalogue/products.asp?CatID=3) :p

Coffee maker, eh? We'd just ring the steward in the galley...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Oct 2011, 10:22
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

No doubt you poor old codgers will recall this...

No doubt you poor old codgers will recall this from the Farnborough programme :p
...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Oct 2011, 03:30
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

An interesting photo of a Wessex HU5 in the...

An interesting photo of a Wessex HU5 in the hover, changing an oleo over the deck of Bulwark reportedly in 1972. What/why, anyone?

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4854/wessexsmallug0.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Oct 2011, 21:26
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

ISTR the Wessex pee tube went to a bladder, which...

ISTR the Wessex pee tube went to a bladder, which if filled was expected to be emptied by the user. QED, it was not often used ;)

Unlike the Sea King which vented under the fuselage, and was...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Sep 2011, 10:16
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Carry your bags, guv? ;) I notice that they...

Carry your bags, guv? ;)

I notice that they seem to have dispensed with the pop out floats: even with good SE performance I think that I'd like them as a fall back :hmm:



Lossie Air Day as...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th May 2008, 20:32
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

bast0n, Shades of Happy Hour on Friday night...

bast0n,

Shades of Happy Hour on Friday night at the original CU Wardroom: pingers one end of the bar, junglies the other, and Moet at 19/6d used at will ;)

Ditched Sea King the latest Mod...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th May 2008, 22:06
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Probably oldtimer's: but thought the WxIII was...

Probably oldtimer's: but thought the WxIII was 150ft transit/30ft hover, and the SK upped those figures to 200'/40'. As the first victim for night winching on 700S, even 40' was too bl**dy low ;)
...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th May 2008, 08:56
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Unless there was corrosion on the wiper coil,...

Unless there was corrosion on the wiper coil, with a lovely voltage spike to wake you up on a dark & stormy night ;)

Fun days: LS Edge, he of climbing up the outside and knocking on the pilot's...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2004, 12:20
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Cool Anyone got any Wx3 photos?

Geoff,

Yes, last one in the run above ;) I'll find some more (after I resize this lot, they're all 800 x 600 and too big. Sorry!).

On top of all the wonderful gizmos on the HAS3, the rheostat...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2004, 05:07
Replies: 610
Views: 378,828
Posted By John Eacott

Cool Wessex photos: enjoy ;) ...

Wessex photos: enjoy ;)

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/716x489/bristow_wessex_01_cef9b6119b84966b42f5e6e0e8877105cead8e58.jpg

...
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