Rob Whitton – The JR is indeed not new it first flew 39 years ago!!!
J Boyle I agree it’s nice to see rotary getting an airing…
Such a shame that the early types are so few and even then non-airworthy due to spares problems.

Re-early blades – When Bell 47 G-ARXH (?) was last airworthy it had wooden blades IIRC it was also the oldest ’47 in Europe with a c/n 40. Remember watching it start and the main rotor having to be held until the engine had a bit of speed to it and then released – apartently put less strain on the engine to get the wooden blades going.

MoD Police can arrest you off the base in the public area, provided they have authority from the local force. Once they do then they will act as members of that force and will take you to a local station.
If you work for the MoD/armed forces they don’t actually need permission and can arrest you with approriate reasoning.
Hope that clears it up a bit.

Perhaps it helps with draining the rain out of it??

Newforest
Go into the Historic Forum on here and do a search on Jeff Hawke – some 24 threads will be highlighted. Should find what you want there
Hope that helps
OAW

I’d go with Merlin 70…
Where it is though is another matter…

Did you use a tripod for the 4th? That may help if you didn’t.
Views of busy roads from overbridges are good for those sort of shots…
Like the shot though – made a nice change. Thanks