VFR,
Old and tired it may be (me, as well as the Wx), but I always recall the Wessie as a balanced and agile beast. The Wessex V doing an AS12 (or was it AS11, memories going...) attack, which involved a hefty pull up, nose over going almost negative G, then a rapid break after launch, was a testimony to the agility of the airframe, and the grunt from 2 Gnomes. It was almost true Cat A up to MAUW, the junglies would often ferry back on one, following a SE failure.
Who is currently operating them in UK, any non-mil. after Bristow sold them off?