Well done Savoia - this is your 1000th post and my favorite Wessex 5 picture.
It was taken near Bardufoss in the late 70s by that fabulous ariel photograher Richard Cooke - a great chap who liked to party! Look up his website and see the wonder of flight.
I know a bit about this picture as I was flying VA. Richard strapped his camera to the rear of a Gazelle of the Brigade Air Squadron RM using a purpose built mount as he had used Gazelles before. He fired the shutter with an air release tube taped to the fuselage.
He had to compose his shots by looking for a good background and then getting his pilot to fly away from it to get the shot he desired, but could not see!
There were one ot two problems as far as the Wessex pilot - me - had. We flew extremely close to the Gazelle, so close in fact that on occasion the Gazelle pilot could feel downwash. (the original photo shows more than Savoias and you can see how close the forward rotor blade tip is to the camera). Also the camera was pointing up with white tape around the lense - if you could not see the tape you were lined up. This meant that to see the camera lined up I was peering down the combing at a steep angle - not comfortable, and as the Gazelle turned or altered speed we had a lot more inertia than him and had to make some fairly sporty control inputs to avoid him. The temperature was below -20c but all three Wessex pilot were sweating like it was Aden in mid summer!
The debrief was suitably alchoholic - we were on duty free and Woods 100% rum is instant happiness!
Great days and some superb shots.
D