1971 A Sea Devon of 781 Squadron, Lee-on the – Concrete (Solent). A familiarisation flight given to all new Naval Air Mechanics. Pure Magic!

Just a thought

Whilst a certain forumite can have his personal view about the filming of other humans at the point of their early demise, i have a point to put to him. Would he find it news worthy being filmed trying to extract the just living body of a crashed aircrew member from a burning aircraft. One in which the arm of the guy he was trying to extract came away in his hands due to the effects of fire. This was the case of a good friend of mine, the crew did not survive but my mate was left for life with after effects. He i’m sure would love to stroke kittens or collect stamps.

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Airshot

A nice looking aircraft, shame it came to nothing.

Wessex survivors

The majority of Wessex survivors are held at H.M.S Sultan in Gosport Hampshire. Those that are not come under the control of the Aircraft Maintenance Section based there. Various marks both Naval and RAF are held in storage for use by the military. Their main uses are as GIA (Ground Instructional Airframes) which includes Airframe repair and Battle damage repair. We do conduct tours for enthusiasts, PM me for info.

my wish

Forget Santa, well look at what he bats around in? I for one have only one wish and that would be a Westland Wyvern S4. As to why, I can only say try looking down from the top of one for the answer. I would settle for a non flyer if all else fails

Goofing Deck

Was speaking to my brother-in-law recently (retired Fleet Air Arm) about this thread on the Wyvern, and he mentioned that whilst serving on ‘Eagle’ the order was to clear the ‘Goofers’ platforms when the Wyverns were landing on.There had been injuries and (one that he knew off) fatal accident caused by flying splinters thrown from shattering propellors on the deck. 🙁

As an Ex F.A.A. Wafu and many time Goofer on many Aircraft carriers it was normally up to Commander air or Little (f) as to whether this deck was open to ships personnel to view flying. A flight deck has been quoted as being for its size the most dangerous place to work in the world I tend to agree.

Just to show your point about the Wyvern, this is one that struck Eagle’s funnel. The pilot lived, and apparently on being sent home fathered a daughter all because he wrecked a Wyvern.