Originally Posted by
Geoffersincornwall
Sore arses were the likely result. Luckily I never had to do it in an operational environment. HIFR was a feature of Sea King ops too and with that beast you started with a five hour plus mission length so that really would give you a sore bum.
G.
Geoffers, 5 hours in a HAS1 would have been close to sucking air. I only did it once and it was close to chicken on recovery; but then we called chicken with 12 minutes in the Wessex HAS3 and I never worked out how we expected such accuracy from the gauges! Then again, the SK had the P Tube vented to atmosphere: a very important improvement on those 4 hour CASEXs
After your dit I'm even more happy that I declined that Wx3 appointment in 1973 and stayed with the Sea King