When I was young officer, I've been flying this helicopter for over 500 hours. Sweet memories

I remember when you could buy a Westland Wasp as Army surplus from the Exchange and Mart magazine. I really wanted one, but didn't have the £850.00 needed. Bugger.

When I was young, I always thought those helicopters were mounted on old Hospital beds.

I would love to be able to put on an English accent like that.

and to think that i used to make the wiring looms at hayes for these helicoptors.

This is very early film - none of the aircraft appeared to have the flotation gear rigged. My dad would have loved this - he was the SMR on two Wasp flights; HMS Zulu and HMS Arethusa.

They don't have a swash plate it's a thing called a spider

Excellent! What great little helicopters these are. Thanks so much for the link to this from my comments on the Scout film. BTW, I read in PILOT magazine this month that one unlucky Scout owner recently lost his passenger door widow in flight as a result of the rubber sealing gasket failing due to it being perished. I bet that will be expensive! Helicopters, especially vintage Helicopters: a constant never ending requirement for high maintenance and spares and eye wateringly expensive! I used to see the occasional Wasp and Scout pop into Fairoaks when I worked there back in the late eighties. Possibly the first civi owned examples. Thanks for the post.

I bet landing on a rolling deck is a crazy experience..

They look a bit cheap and scary ,it’s looks like what a 125cc chicken chaser motorbike does in comparison to its bigger counterparts.

Thanks for this. We operated these choppers with our RNZN 👍🇳🇿

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