Akrotiri, early '70s, Whirlwind10. Low level past the sailing club and just before reaching Ladies Mile saw a flash of something past the window. Suggested an immediate landing. On shutdown there were yards and yards of terylene type cord wrapped around the main and tail rotor pitch rods and both were banana shaped.
The remaining cord stretched away out of sight and took a lot of recovering. Fortunately, there was no-one on the end! Needed some major engineering before we could recover it.
