Durban Ops
I started that op in 1971 I think it was with an Alouette318c Astazou,the 316B from the Cape Town operation having crashed in Wellington on the way to De Aar due to a tail rotor piano wire failure.
The aircraft that crashed off Durban was a Whirlwind with Grant and Jonny Cler as crew as far as I remember. It sucked a gopher into the intake while hovering over the ship.
Brian Mangen and I started the Durban ship servicing.
Poor old Lappies died a few years ago. Dropped dead on an exercise run I seem to remember