Originally Posted by
Herod
Shy Torque. When was that? I did the Whirlwind course at Tern Hill in the second half of '66. We did the basic 40 hour course on the Sioux, then 60 hours on the Whirlwind. I don't know when they finished using them. As you say, a good trainer for those going onto the Wessex. Wessex 2 in my case (RAF)
I graduated from the Whirlwind 10 in the first half of 1979 so I would think the RAF final course finished later that same year. No Sioux flying for us, it was straight onto the Whirlwind 10 for 110 hours and then around 35 hours on the (ex RN) Wessex 5. I remember it was important to select "Rockets to ripple" on the armament panel for every solo sortie in those days. Not that we carried rockets, mind you!
