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..and you reminded me, Shy, of the second 'first solo' of EOLs towards the end of the course. Sadly I never instructed on the Whirlwind; when I popped out of CFS(H) we had one Whirlwind Flight, winding down gradually, on 1 Sqn, but I went straight to the Gazelle.
Done loads of EOLs in the Wessex though! (Yes, it was legal: Boscombe Down!)

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Originally Posted by Old-Duffer (Post 11135003)

Re post 65: It's - Brendan - Spikens, sadly no longer with us. Nor is George Puddy

And turning to TTH and computer out in the WW10, a chap called Brian Bultitude (who was sadly wiped out on the M6), would fly much of the sortie computer out. His rationale was if you can fly it without the computer, you can do it with it 'In'.

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Brian Bultitude was my Dad...i was 5 when he died...i'm really quite proud of him...thanks for the kind words...

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2499171ff2.jpg
I have posted this before another another thread, it was taken in the car park of the Officers' Mess RAF Leconfield.

Tim - your Dad took me on my first Whirlwind flight in 64 - lovely chap and a dreadful shock to us all at TH when we heard of his accident .Your pride is well founded ! :ok:

That WW,XJ729 was at HQ SAR Wing at Fi`ngly,when I was the MTP `80-84`,and used as a `hack` by 22 Sdn Staff.On 16 Dec`81,I was ground-running it for a blade-change and `tracking`with the `FLAG`when the `flag-man` caught a `tip`,So it went back in the `shed` for a tip change or blade change..It was also the day that all WWs were to be grounded,(in UK),but HQ SAR had been trying to counter that because it was a very useful CAB`,for visits,etc, plenty of spares,etc,etc..Next day,the blade had been changed,so we did a further `track`,all OK,when to my `total surprise` we developed a bout of `ground resonance`,and I `HAD` to get airborne,for 5 minutes(FOR THE LOGBOOK) to calm myself down...!! in 1600 hrs on WW,3,7 ,9,10`s never had this happen before,and on such an occasion ! After landing safely,and having a coffee in my office,in marches SENGO,and his cohorts,very disgruntled,and lots of `blah,blah,grounded aircraft,etc,blah,blah...eventually the carpet shuffling stopped,they all had a coffee,and we all became friends again....
Anyway ,729 still lives on with the guys at Chard,even if it`s got the wrong intake fitted,,,,,