Whilst operating at Grik on 110 Sqn in Northen Malaya in 1970 Roger Taite was training a new pilot when he had an engine rundown on finals. He managed to stretch the auto to get it over the trees and on to the sports field. As I was the squadron maintenance pilot I sent them back to Singapore with my aircraft and stayed behind to do the engine change.
Chief Tech Brooker came up with the engine and the Rolls Royce rep. We all looked at the blue turbine blades and decided that we would run it just to see what had happened to a cooked engine. It started normally and then came the stage where we needed to restrain the aircraft. We were in the Gurkha camp so there was no shortage of mobile weights.

We managed to get it to droop at top red line at about a two foot hover.



I claim the record for the getting the most number of persons airborne in a Whirlwind.

Far East.
I guess you win. We always put 17 into the back of the WW dunker at HMS Vernon for the final run in the early 60s. If you were near an exit and slow leaving then fists and boots were always flying

I understand that a book called Borneo Boys by Roger Annett covers some of the Whirlwind operations during the confrontation.

Ran across this on YT. Good quality and some interesting parts (e.g. belly drain sumping ).

Just finished reading Borneo Boys, great read for anyone who was involved, brought back some good memories, and some not so good ones.

ISBN 978 1 78159 0102

I got mine from Amazon UK

Happy days at Chivenor circa 1973.

Great photos!

Practising for a competition



30' hover, loose cable in cabin, 28lb lead weight, con to the overhead, release weight, recover stunned salmon, have excellent dinner.