The Rotary Nostalgia Thread

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Of Culdrose and Whirlwinds ..


Whirlwind HAS 7 helicopters of No. 815 Squadron Fleet Air Arm flying in formation near the Royal Naval Air Station at Culdrose in Cornwall

And yes, Marines fly too ..


Lt Learoyd at the controls of a Westland Whirlwind during his flying training in Singapore in October 1961

Under a scheme to provide Royal Marine Commandos with a contingent of their own aviators, 24 year old Roger Learoyd of Wallington, Oxfordshire (pictured above), becomes the first Officer of the Corps to specialise as a helicopter pilot.

Bast0n's Badges ..

The badges worn on Bast0n's coveralls in post 1159