2 FTS without unit markings

For the 1992 air day many Air Engineering School air frames were put on display. XT485 is leading a line of Wessex helicopters

Sitting on its purpose-built dispersal, this Wessex of "B" Flight, 22 Squadron awaits its next scramble.

Photo taken from the cabin door of another Wessex.

60 Squadron. To 9342M

A mixture of 18 and 72 Squadron aircraft seen getting ready for an airborne assault during a NATO exercise. Red crosses on the fuselage and nose denotes "the bad guys". Next mission they would be white (good guys) as there was not enough helicopters to satisfy demand.

Aircraft 'Q' of No. 845 Squadron.

In storage at Cosford

The G-17 class B registrations were allotted to Westland Aircraft later Westland Helicopters.

The U. S. Army selected the Sikorsky Choctaw in 1955 as a medium lift cargo and troop transport. Built as the CH-34A between 1955 and February of 1959 there were 426 Choctaws delivered to the Army. Others were delivered to the United States Air Force and Navy. Beginning in 1958 the Choctaw was upgraded to CH-34C standards with the installation of auto-stabilization systems to allow all-weather operations. Also beginning in 1958 several Choctaws were converted to VIP transports for use by the Executive Flight Detachment and provided helicopter transport for the President until the end of 1964

Company demonstrator.

You know you are getting old when aircraft that you once worked on for real now appear in museums.

72 Squadron

Gateguard at Lanveoc-Poulmic. Photo by Paul Banwarth.