Interesting article on Bravo November, the only Chinook to get off Atlantic Conveyor

[philc]

I witnessed this landing on Hermes a few times, was not aware that it went on to other things and other conflicts.

The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die

Different crews flying this battle-hardened Royal Air Force Chinook have won four Distinguished Flying Crosses between them.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Snakecharmer]

Very good TV documentary:
Falklands Hero: Bravo November

 

[CatsEyes]

Although it's still out there earning its keep, I really hope that once retired, BN will be preserved at either RAF Museum Hendon or Cosford locations.

 

[tearsbeforebedtime]

I remember when a Chinook got downed in Afghanistan, people running around sh1tting it that it might be BN and how bad that would be.

 

[Egg on Leggs]

I recently watched Mike Brewer show where he was on board when it and the pilot were shot up.

 

[Rodney2q]

It does show that, for all the p*ss taking about having the aerodynamic properties of a brick, the old wokka was a great combination of superb design and engineering.

I flew in it once down south after the ceasefire - when you could thumb a lift by just asking the loadie if there was room for a couple of passengers.

 

[jarrod248]

The telly program about it worth watching. Really is Triggers broom

 

[AlienFTM]

I witnessed this landing on Hermes a few times, was not aware that it went on to other things and other conflicts.

The Amazing Tale Of Bravo November, The British Chinook Helicopter That Refused To Die

Different crews flying this battle-hardened Royal Air Force Chinook have won four Distinguished Flying Crosses between them.

www.thedrive.com

It's dusty in here.

 

[Archimedes]

Minor pedantic point - the almost inimitable Dick Langworthy wasn't the boss of 18 Squadron in 1982; that was Tony Stables.¹

After the loss of the Atlantic Conveyor, and after Lin Middleton had been thwarted in his attempt to push BN over the side of Hermes, Stables allocated a team to operate BN and set up a small Chinook HQ in the settlement buildings at San Carlos. He managed the taskings of BN using the only form of comms available to him, namely an HF radio of dubious provenance which had been obtained from a Marine in exchange for a pair of flying gloves.

Dick Langworthy, sadly, died of a heart attack in 1983 while commanding the Chinook Det in the Falklands.

¹ 'Almost' because his twin brother, Bill, was just as much of a character, albeit a fast jet mate (and sometime member of the Red Arrows).

 

[jockparamedic]

I recently watched Mike Brewer show where he was on board when it and the pilot were shot up.

I was working in the Ed when he came in. By the state of his flight helmet....he was a very luck boy. (His name was Fortune)

 

[Darrel Gregory]

Minor pedantic point - the almost inimitable Dick Langworthy wasn't the boss of 18 Squadron in 1982; that was Tony Stables.¹

After the loss of the Atlantic Conveyor, and after Lin Middleton had been thwarted in his attempt to push BN over the side of Hermes, Stables allocated a team to operate BN and set up a small Chinook HQ in the settlement buildings at San Carlos. He managed the taskings of BN using the only form of comms available to him, namely an HF radio of dubious provenance which had been obtained from a Marine in exchange for a pair of flying gloves.

Dick Langworthy, sadly, died of a heart attack in 1983 while commanding the Chinook Det in the Falklands.

¹ 'Almost' because his twin brother, Bill, was just as much of a character, albeit a fast jet mate (and sometime member of the Red Arrows).

I served on 18 Sqn with BN during the Falklands and was part of the HQ at San Carlos.

 

[Archimedes]

I served on 18 Sqn with BN during the Falklands and was part of the HQ at San Carlos.

On behalf of several other Arrsers... 'you can't just leave it there!' <seeks sandbag to pull up>