Ambi: I was told the Scout had somewhat 'brick like' autorotative qualities but .. that could just have been a malicious rumour!
Planko: Sorry about papa-in-law. There's always something special about being able to share the experience of flight with family members who are fellow flyers.
Thanks for the photo of "GU" .. wonderful! To the best of my knowledge G-BEDI ended-up as N754WN but .. I do not know whether she is still serviceable.
The Colonel at the controls of British Airways Agusta-Bell 206A (converted to a B) JetRanger G-AWGU at the Beehive (LGW) in 1978