Notwithstanding that, to the average Spam airshow spectator, anything painted hemp must be a Nimrod, when we attended the Houston airshow with our big brown Vickers FunBus not long after the Toronto Nimrod crash, it was clear that the previous year's Nimrod and its crew had achieved huge admiration amongst the locals. They were terribly sad at the loss and it was abundantly clear that the grief was genuine.
As for RW or FJ, I recall the tale of someone who'd been through the NATO JPTS course. When the postings were announced, he found that he'd been posted to fly the Wessex. "What in hell's a Wessex?", his US course mates asked, whilst pondering their forthcoming F-15 postings. When he told them, they couldn't believe it, "A
helicopter? Jeez - who did you upset? That's a job for a goddam Army NCO!".....
