Originally Posted by
nomorehelosforme
Crab will probably be able to have some input on this.
Before my day and a RN aircraft - sorry
And lifting off out of the chocks wasn’t that unusual in the Wessex
I believe a certain RAF Sqn boss did exactly that as part of a large formation and, circling round said something on the lines of 'Crewman, look at that, some idiot has left his chocks behind'