Wessex Finale
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Lovely pictures of an iconic chopper. Don't make em like they used to
Lovely pictures of an iconic chopper. Don't make em like they used to
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Very nice
Bet the noise from that lot was amazing
Cheers
Martyn
Bet the noise from that lot was amazing
Cheers
Martyn
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Excellent set, I would like to have witnessed this.
Sad but no surprise on here
PhilS wrote:88 views and no responses. Sad!
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Excellent images Richard. Must admit I didn't realise they were still in service so recently, or in such numbers.
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PeteM wrote:Excellent set, I would like to have witnessed this.PhilS wrote:88 views and no responses. Sad!
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Very nice ,miss the Wessex to be honest
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So do I. There's something about designs of that era, they have character in their looks. Mk1 Escorts and Minis smile and so on. A Wessex always looks to me like a horse with a nosebag on.
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mw232 wrote:Very nice
Bet the noise from that lot was amazing
Cheers
Martyn
"It was!" I was there to see this mass? lift-off spectacle. IIRC there was a facility at RAF Odiham the 'next' day which I also attended. Need to consult my pic's & jar my memory of 12 years back.
Well-done! excellent images of another type 'biting the dust!
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Lovely collection! This helicopter had so much character! Big bulky bits looks the part!
keep flying
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Never quite liked the Wessex, but I must admit it must have been an amazing sight seeing all these birds in the sky together.
Nice shots & thx 4 sharing !
Nice shots & thx 4 sharing !
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Great pictures, what an event to have been at. What happened to all those airframes after retirement, were many scrapped, stored or preserved?
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Mark
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Maybe someone here can answer me this. Why paint one blade yellow? I know it's still done today and wondered why when I saw it
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Well!...the explanations given are varied & plentiful. On those Wessex the entire length of one blade was 'yellow' top & underside. Due to the cammo' scheme, these Helo's were very hard to spot from above & the blade gave both initial acquisition & confirmation that the rotor was turning & the Helo' maybe about to / or already was flying in their native low-level operational environment. Secondly, it enabled the crew to assess rotor disc proximity in confined manoeuvres & landings. Thirdly the stroboscopic effect of the single yellow blade gave a clear indication to all & sundry... aircrew, ground-crew & errant parachutists that entering into that disc-zone would have a negative effect on their well-being. Fast-forward to the bright yellow Sea-King & the same issues apply. Easier to spot over the sea & avoid. Aids the crew to see how close to cliff/mountain vertical faces they are hovering. You don't see the yellow blade feature on operational types... Lynx, Junglies, Merlin, Chinook, Apache, Puma etc purely because they don't want to be seen from above! So why have it on that mark of Wessex?....don't ask me!
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Stagger2 wrote: So why have it on that mark of Wessex?....don't ask me!
Could it be that the Wessex was also used in the SAR role, and all the blade sets had a yellow one?
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And don't forget these cammo Wessex had a SAR tasking in Northern Ireland.
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Thanks for posting these, brings back the memories!
I can remember seeing a formation of around 20 Wessex flying over Somerset when the RN retired their Wessex 'Jungly' fleet at Yeovilton in he mid 1980s (1985?). I was at school at the time, and could see the formation forming up in the distance and a Lynx flying all around them, but the bell for the end of break went before they came close to the school and all I heard was the sound of them flying over
Thanks again
Roger
I can remember seeing a formation of around 20 Wessex flying over Somerset when the RN retired their Wessex 'Jungly' fleet at Yeovilton in he mid 1980s (1985?). I was at school at the time, and could see the formation forming up in the distance and a Lynx flying all around them, but the bell for the end of break went before they came close to the school and all I heard was the sound of them flying over
Thanks again
Roger