Originally Posted by
JulieAndrews
Thar's right - how silly of me to think it prooodent to use such an asset for anything else is these 'cash-strapped' times when the RN has so many serviceable and capable aircraft sat about!!!
The US Marines are still talking about the embarrassing lack of helo support on that inaugural 'cruise'.........
They didn't use the AS365N2s for anything else operating out of Newquay for the same job - it's a contract for a specific role which will be a resettlement Squadron for ex-RN pilots.