Westland Whirlwind. Seemed ideal to me - you could do all the basic stuff (engine-off landings solo, "Spanish Fuel" (ie Manuel Throttle, with the huge grip on the cyclic for disengaging the mechanical fuel governor so's you could play tunes on the rotorhead via the twistgrip..) sloping ground nose-up with no brakes on the front wheels, etc), yet the same aircraft was also ideal for teaching multi-crew tasks like underslung loads, trooping and SAR.
Or perhaps it was just the top teachers we had at the time. OK, Oldbeefer?
