Ahhh, the Queen of the Skies !!!. .Talk to any ex Wessex driver and you'll see how much they were loved. I enjoyed every one of my 1500 hrs in the Wessex V as a jungly/SAR/HDS pilot.. .In how many other cabs could you encourage a jammed starter with a chock, liven up a lazy ignitor box by stamping on the cockpit floor and bring the SAS on line by getting the crewman to whack the box on the front wall of the cabin which was painted red and labelled 'DANGER DO NOT TOUCH' !. .Whatever you wanted the Wessex would do it. . .My claim to fame is that my mark 5 was the last frontline Wessex in RN service and it finished its service in the same ship that carried it when it was fresh from the factory and the ship was on its first deployment. <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <img src="smile.gif" border="0">