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Post by beagle on Aug 15, 2007 9:47:56 GMT 12
just browsing an old thread from before i joined.
someone near stratford had 9 Wessex's and 100 x 40ft containers.
Is all that stuff still there.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 15, 2007 12:44:28 GMT 12
Probably.
Last I heard he had problems with CAA about certifying ex-military gear for civilian commercial use.
HBE and HBF seem to be still currently registered - Helilogging Ltd PO Box 64 STRATFORD 4700
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Post by corsair67 on Aug 15, 2007 16:20:58 GMT 12
Slightly off topic, but wasn't there a nasty heli-logging accident involving a Wessex some time ago in NZ?
I wonder if it was one from the 9 Wessex batch?
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Post by beagle on Aug 15, 2007 16:29:45 GMT 12
There was one here outside a liquour store but I think it has gone to ferrymead for restoration.
When I was living in Blenheim, I often saw a Gazelle transit overhead.
they were a sweet looking machine and pretty fast too.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 15, 2007 21:17:34 GMT 12
Slightly off topic, but wasn't there a nasty heli-logging accident involving a Wessex some time ago in NZ? I wonder if it was one from the 9 Wessex batch? That was ZK-HVK/2, a Wessex HC Mk.5C ex XS509 operated by Metro Air Ltd., Christchurch (the O'Malley chap, I think) crashed Little Pokorora Valley, near Motueka, 11Feb01 & DBF - a right nasty incident. The Imperial Discount Liquor store exhibit carried the fictitious registration ZK-IDL and was supposedly ex G-AZBY - anyone know the RAF/RN serial of this one?  |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 21, 2007 11:11:25 GMT 12
ZK-IDL Westland Wessex Mk. 60 This Westland Wessex Mk. 60, (c/n: WA740), was first delivered to Bristow Helicopters in England as G-17-5, it later became G-AZBY and briefy 5N-ALR. It's career highlight came as a movie prop in Stanley Kubricks's 1987 Vietnam film "Full Metal Jacket" where it was painted as USMC s/n: EM-16. It's now privately owned in New Zealand where it adorns a local liquor store carpark as a promotional item. Christchurch, New Zealand, 2003.. bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php?Number=538106 |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Aug 21, 2007 21:39:29 GMT 12
Thanks Joe. No military history then.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 22, 2007 11:38:07 GMT 12
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Post by vgp on Sept 26, 2007 20:49:02 GMT 12
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