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Old 10th Oct 2020, 15:31
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Dave B
 
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Not to my knowledge NutLoose, but I never worked on any of the Navy versions, perhaps they had extra gear. Anyone who has read Richard Pikes book helicopter boys, will have read about the Bristow crash in Indonesia. This was an ex Brunei army Mk. 50, and it was jinxed. We spent Two years rebuilding it at Redhill, after which it went to Port Harcourt in Nigeria, after a year or so of good service it turned over due to ground resonance. It was repaired again on site, only to be finally lost after I left due to a tail servo malfunction. As for as I know its still there in he swamp.
Barney Swinton-Bland was flying a Whirlwind in PH, when he had a blade pocket lift, we rescued him as he floated merrily down the river on his pontoons. We dumped the blade, and the next time we flew over we saw that the locals had retrieve it, mounted it no tressles and were using it to cut up fish on. Who say Shell dont care for the environment.
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