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Old 18th Jan 2017, 00:05
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JerryG
 
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I took a couple of weeks out last year, at the time that my book "Rescue Pilot" was published, to visit all the surviving Wessex in my logbook.

Most fun was the "glamping" (hardly!) Wx 1 - XS886 - at Blackberry Wood campsite in Sussex.

Best preserved was Wx 5 - XS481 - at South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum near Doncaster. Those guys really go the extra mile in restoration.

Most confusing was the entrance to the flight deck display at Yeovilton FAA Museum. It isn't one, it's two x Wx 5, each cut in half longitudinally - XT482 and XT769.

Most exciting prospect was XT761 which has been handed over to the Fly Navy Trust (if that's the right expression) and transported to a hangar at Culdrose. Rumours abound that it may be returned to flight one day. Form an orderly queue boys!
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