Warbird Workshop - Wessex Mk V

[Knotty]

Did anybody else catch 'Warbird Workshop' which was shown on the channel 'Yesterday' at 21:00 last night (Thur 19th Mch 2020)?

Really good to see a group restoring to flight an old SAR Wessex V in order to have it ready for display at Yeovilton airshow in 2019.

For those that missed, it must be available on some form of catch-up and if not it's bound to be shown again

 

[Waspie]

Have it recorded for viewing in the small hours tonight.
Will be watching with log book in hand to see when I flew in it!!!
The Wessex 5 was a Carlsburg helicopter. A real classic.

 

[Knotty]

Have it recorded for viewing in the small hours tonight.
Will be watching with log book in hand to see when I flew in it!!!
The Wessex 5 was a Carlsburg helicopter. A real classic.

Totally agree Waspie, a great chopper. RIP the lads maintaining the Glamorgan flight & indeed all those lost in the course of their duty

 

[Waspie]

Colin Vickers, (RIP, a very good friend of mine died in that incident. He was the flight aircrewman, I was told he was sat in the cockpit at the time the missile struck. Never forgotten. Although Glamorgans Wessex was the Mk3 ASW variant it was still built around the same basic airframe as the Wx5. Westlands did a good job re working the Sikorsky design to make such a long lasting work horse.

 

[Waspie]

Just checked the log book. Nope, never flew in that Wessex - XT761. XT766 many - many times on POQC with Smiler Grinney the SAR diver at the beginning of the prog. Mainly navigation sorties and SAR searches. (Training). The chubby chappie sat in the back at the end was an old neighbour at Portland. I was his relief on Ashanti too. Andy Vanes. Lucky sod got a job on the RN's historic flight. Gets to fly in the Swordfish. (insert envious smilie). Not a bad episode. Used to work on them when I was a mechanic. Baring a couple of jobs, very easy to maintain.

 

[Chris P]

Swordfish - nearly got chopped up by it back when the main runway at VL was being extended fir the Phantoms, we used to escort it around the peri track with rescue wagon in front and water bowser or crash wagon behind it, too busy chatting to Dave Clack killick of the crew sat next to me when Crash Evans tried to squeeze through a biscuit tin size opening past the P150 as the prop got closer and closer to the back of the wagon, maybe wasn't as close as it looked but cheek clenching moment for a few seconds!!

 

[redmonkey]

Blooming hello. Andy Vanes must have been in the training pipeline when Daedalus learned to fly.
I've worked with him a few times at VL and the last time I was there was 7 years ago.