Gazelle Stories please

[LOOSE NUT]

Hi all,

the recent threads on Gazelles have really made me miss the buzz of flying them, it seems that quite a few people have a story or two about them and their time flying them, so please give me a fix and tell me your story (fact or fiction). Please submit stories not criticisms of the stories submitted purely in the interests of entertainment.
Thank you in advance.

Loose Nut.

[Floppy Link]

more of a student story but it involves a Gazelle so what the heck...

Going through RAF Shawbury rotary training a while (!) ago, during the night flying phase. We were doing our night navex dual then solo, when solo we had to call ATC with our position, comnditions etc. I was airborne with my instructor and my mate was off solo. We heard him pipe up on the radio

"Gazelle 3*, overhead turning point 4 in driving rain"

(can't remember the real callsign)

my instructor burst out laughing and remarked:
"at 90 knots all rain is driving rain"


well it was funny at the time...
Russell

(p.s. sorry JJ!)