OK I am going to bite! Don't be so parochial Beags! The Sea King is the Queen of the Skies - I have over 3000 hours in them - started flying them back in 1979 and am still flying them today - in fact I was flying one this morning in the Cornish sunshine!
This helicopter has been the workhorse for the RN and RAF for over 30 years and has proved its worth many times over. It may not look sexy and shiny like some of your fixed wing machines (or even a Merlin!) but it can transition from a hover to forward flight with majestic ease, reach into the depths of offshore fishing territories, pluck stricken sailors from the sea and return them to the safety of their (or our) homeland without a second thought. It lifts a quarter of its own weight (OK it's not a Chinook!), seeks out submarines (well it used to) and is used by many foreign countries in many different roles.
I will not hear a bad word against the old beast. I love her and I always will! Hoorah for the Sea King!
