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Jock Mackirdy wrote:

In article , Graeme Wall wrote:
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"Nick Pedley" wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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As to the story of evacuating the Royal Family in an emergency there
are two runways in Central London capable of taking an aircraft of
the Queens Flight assuming the latter still exists.

Why waste time driving to one of these spots which would need some
preparation when a helicopter based in your back garden can get you
further away in the same time?

The plans I'm talking about were drawn up on the early 1950s when
helicopters were small and unreliable.

The helicopters in "Whirlybirds" seemed reliable enough, just a bit on the
small side. My Whirlybirds trumps your Thunderbirds - real people vs.
Puppets.


You are definitely giving your age away! IIRC Whirlybirds was late 50s and
the machines used were Bell 47G 2 seaters (includes pilot, paint first before
assembly). Similar machine to the Sioux used in MASH.

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