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Old 21st Mar 2016, 17:28
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Herod

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binbrook, I think the shrimp-net thing was used because the earlier helicopters such as the Dragonfly were unable to carry a pilot, winch operator, winchman and survivor. With the advent of the Mighty Whirlwind () this procedure was dropped.
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