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Fareastdriver
 
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There was a joint US Army and UK Army exercise on Salisbury Plain in the mid sixties. I was there with my trusty Whirlwind Mk10 and the US Army were there with Hueys and CH37s.

We all went for a ride in each other aircraft and whilst I was poling this Mojave around it started to rain, quite heavily. Looking around I noticed the crewman with a big squeegee pushing rainwater down a hole in the middle of the floor. At ceiling level there was a continuous spray coming off the drive shafts going into the gearbox.

The front reminded me of a Bristol Frightener and it was just a draughty.
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