The photo above so reminds me of being a young lad (PO on the tail set me off)...living in Weymouth, but come the summer holidays..going over to the mini beach at Portland Castle with my mum....sitting on the stone wall at the end of the threshold of HMS Osprey and waving to all the crews landing or taking off....didnt care if they didnt wave back....just was fascinated by all the aircraft.
my mum did her part too by sunbathing in a bikini....which if memory serves me right...led to a lot of slow approaches and always off centreline...which pleased me no end.... Wessex Mk 3 & 5s...Wasps....
Chris.