Atinas: You can read about Pope Benedict's valedictory flight here:
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/507...benedetto.html
"Summer in the City" Lol Denissimo - well put!
I always get a smile when I picture four Saville Row suited posh-gents standing in the Thames up to their waists with the usual trickle of Coca Cola cans drifting by.
I had never really considered this but, now that you mention it .. and given that they were all safely rescued .. yes, it is an amusing scenario!
The 'suits' by the way, were all from the Union Cold Storage Company who had chartered the craft on that eventful day.
More Canadian 76 ..
Sealand Helicopters S76-A C-GSLE at Saglek Base, Labrador, Canada on 20th August 1981 (Photo: Steve Aubury)