The Write Tuition

I gave myself a day off and took my camera to a Heli-Meet, because although helicopters aren’t a great passion they are nonetheless interesting mechanical devices.  I spent about four hours wandering around talking to people and taking pictures - in between sheltering from heavy rain showers - and found out lots of things I never knew before.  Such as the Hampshire Air Ambulance having previously been a helicopter gunship for the German Army, and there are still bolt holes on the skids where the machineguns and rocket launchers were fitted.  (In view of the way some Southampton yobs have been hanging around the hospital helipad and preventing the Air Ambulance from landing maybe the armaments should be reinstalled.)

I came away with a couple of article ideas and a new insight into the minds of those who fly these ungainly looking machines.