Airborne Aircrew
I seem to remember a Gazelle having an issue that required a Puma to lift it back to APC but that may just be the old brain playing tricks.
I am sure that happened on a number of occasions. I recall one occasion in 1985 when I was visiting 25 Flight AAC a Gazelle had an engine failure in the vacinity of Orange Walk and was recovered underslung to base by a Puma. I was with the OC Flight in an accompanying Gazelle and as the Puma approached 25 Flt's pan with the underslung Gazelle the boys came out to marshall the aircraft in, wearing gigantic orange gloves made out of polyurethane foam. The OC boss was fuming and could not see the funny side of it at all.
Last edited by MReyn24050; 7th Sep 2007 at 19:30.