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Inaugural meeting
After a false start, myself, Neil and Brian are meeting today to discuss the way ahead for the project. It should be an exciting meeting, since I haven’t seen Brian for many years and Neil for three years. Wish us … Continue reading
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A fan!!
This is from Lazlo Ferran: ‘Always loved the Wessex and the Sea King. I was actually on a management training course not so long ago near Bristol. The farm was also an Air Sea Rescue co-ordination post and the owner … Continue reading
Wessex in Hong Kong
Just to keep happy those who served in the Far East with Walter, not just NI and Cyprus. Keep the interest going guys, only a couple of weeks before the inaugural restoration meeting.
On-going
It may look like we’ve forgotten about moving this project on, but that is far from the case. Various parties have still got to get together and to this end several of us are meeting up in December on a … Continue reading
Some Wessex Video Footage – Thanks again to Terry Butcher
Some nice Wessex footage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGrlnePSf_8 Farnborough (1964) Paris (1967) Air Shows From an 8mm cine film made by my dad. Thanks to some excellent work by people on the UKAR website the most likely locations and dates have been identified. … Continue reading
Gratuitous Photos
Stole this from Terry Butchers Facebook page, with his permission. Anyway it’s a nice picture of a Wessex. Now I’m back from my travels I can devote a bit more time to the blog. Luckily now that Neil has had … Continue reading
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Further Information – The Wessex
The Westland Wessex was a military helicopter that was in service with predominantly the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy but was also operated by many other countries, latterly Uruguay, which operated ex-RAF aircraft until four years ago. … Continue reading
The Wessex Restoration Project 