5th WHC
Having participated in the 1986 WHC 'freestyle' section at Cranfield, I was fortunate to spend the evening with the German team and also meet that nice Navy guy, Andy Berryman who I seem to recall putting on a fine Gazelle display for the fourth place. Charlie Zimmerman (B105) had held the WHC freestyle event for the previous two championships, but for the 1986 event was pipped by Herman Fuchs who also displayed the B105. Zimmerman later told me over a pint (litre or two!) that his wife explained that for the last few years she had been sleeping with a world champion but as he had only made second place ... she was now sleeping with a new man! Quaint sense of humour or what! 1986 was the event when I lost the tail rotor half way though my display routine and as a consolation prize, the German team presented me with a signed wall tile plaque. It still stands in the hall. Keep 'them' stories coming please. Dennis K