Lynx down in South Armagh

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"In this case,albeit loathed to say,great design and engineering from the French!"


Actually - No.

IIRC the Lynx was the only one out of the Westland /Aerospatiale package (the other two being Puma and Gazelle) which had British design leadership. Admittedly it was not originally a Westland helicopter design (what was!) -but it was at least British.
There was an argument at the time in Westlands that the Lynx should have been called the Westland Weed, because:
Firstly, it was alliterative.
Secondly ,the naval version could have been called the "SeaWeed".
Thirdly the joint U.K./Fr agreement could have alluded to its being, phonetically at least, "agreed'.







Or, alternatively, "P*ssed upon".


Regardless of all this. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to all involved in the latest ding.