Originally Posted by rudekid
I came across an old photo of a Royal Westland Whirlwind flying which didn't look quite right.
It appeared to have soft bags on each of the four wheels, which I thought was rather strange. Kind of looked like the sort of bags the rest of the RAF may have put on an aircraft not in flight!
Any ideas from the intellectuals?
Possibly floatation bags. I seem to remember some Comms Sqn/Royal Flight Whirlwinds had them fitted in case of problems operating into Thames Heliport with VIPs in the 60s - Damn - giving my age away again!! Definitely not an interlectual tho' (yes I know I spelled it wrong!!)