ICO: Fantastico! Bravo!
Thank you very much for taking the time to relay this amusing story, much appreciated!
Sounds like you all had great fun.
Do you suppose any of these displays was ever captured on cine camera or the like?
The Summerlee Files ..
Jim Summerlee with Westland Whirlwind on lift with Capt. Maclean (not sure which ship)
Jim Summerlee, with crewmen Mitchell and Hazel (testing winch) aboard HMS Eagle on 14th June 1956, off the coast of Cyprus