Gazelle 50th Anniversary Commemorative Fly-In. AAC Middle Wallop
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- čas přidán 8. 04. 2017
- 8th April 2017.
UK Army Air Corps Westland WA.341B AH1 XZ320 Startup and departure.
French Armée de Terre SA.342M 4207 'GEC' and 4072 'GBI' relocate from the field to the hangar.
Gazelle Squadron WA.341D RAF ZB672 (G-CBSK) startup and departure.
Back in my British Army days I never got to fly in one of these as they were largely reserved as personnel carriers normally of high rank, recon etc...
I did however get to taxi the Puma as part of a recon forward platoon, the PIC couldn't have been more than 20 years old!
Brings back memories of listening to them night flying at wallop
Ahhh the soundtrack of my childhood! I've always loved the sound of those helicopters!
That sound....Blue Thunder !
Yes that son Blue Thunder
I was born in Tidworth military hospital 1965... my dad had a posting to the AAC at Middle Wallop so we lived there.... pretty much at thd end of the runway. 8 months later were on a VC10 to Singapore. Happy days.
Such an elegant bird. Beautiful lines that aged very well.
That lovely unique Gazelle sound, a mix of the Turbomeca Astazou turbine engine and housed tail fan.....
I remember when the SA Gazelle received IFR certification. It was amazing 🤩
They sound absolutely wonderful!
What if I told you Blue Thunder was a Gazelle with about a hundred pounds of plastic glued to the front to give it the Apache canopy look..
Beautiful video, thank you for sharing. I've never noticed how much the horizontal stabilisers and endplates shake before on a Gazelle.
I flew in the Gazelle in Sardinia with a Royal Signals Cap't pilot on a photo mission. When we had finished we flew of to the beach where the pilot ran in behind a promentory before climbing for height and doing a stall turn before coming in low over the beach and scattering the British soldiers below into the water. Great Fun.1976 AMF Exercise
Best engine sound in the world. Nuff said
Takes me back to Northern Ireland.
I was there that day it was GREAT thank you for the video. :)
I love the look of the Gazelle but it always reminds me of an egg on the end of a spoon
Gorgeous aircraft :)
Fantástic 👍
Would love to be there. Thank you for sharing . I give you a big like and subscribe 🤩👍
RAF middle wallop is good airbase
It was RAF in WW2 it is an army flying base now.
Camo Thunder
If anyone would know, what are the two antennas attached to the front of the fuselage for?
Look like DF (direction finding) antennas
I love the sounds why??no Attack helicopters
Middle Wallop is an Army training base, not RAF.
But yes, it is good:)
It was RAF in WW2 but yes it is an army flying base now.
I was there from 59 to 61 as a texh on the Alouettes.
Tech.
Home of the Army Air Corp and the School of Aeronautical Engineering
Yes th
That was boring 3 jelly lift
6 minuti di riscaldamento. Neanche avesse motore a scoppio
si capisce che non lo pagano loro il kerosene... qualsiasi altro pilota sarebbe in volo da un pezzo..