8:43 the Lieutenant Colonel running the training and giving out instructions is wearing a Royal Army Medical Corps stable belt, he too is wearing an Army Air Corps Pilots brevet, therefore he is assumedly both a Medical Officer and qualified Pilot. In the British Army this would be a rarity, particularly for a senior officer who would still don the uniform. Interesting to see the member of the Royal Light Infantry with his Para wings too.
Mark Hitch is actually my father, and he is now facing his promotion to a Major and was one of the first to fly Apache Helicopters and now hangs out with Prince Harry at social BBQs. So to be fair... He must have done something right.
@@detesla9575 Both he and his brother (Prince William) were helicopter pilots. Harry in Apaches, Wills in sea kings/rescue. Family footsteps ? Their uncle (Prince Andrew) was also a helicopter pilot (serving in the Falklands unpleasentness).
I hung out with your dad as a kid, your Grandad and my Dad were coppers in Kendal. I watched this series while dived on a Nuclear Submarine in 1998! imagine my surprise when i saw your Dad!!!!!
@Dragomir Ronilac Listen, Harry Windsor joined the army, went to Sandhurst & served as a soldier in Afghan & then learnt helicopter. His fellow soldiers respected him as a leader & comrade. Civilian life is his choice but I don't agree to him knicking £2m+ taxpayers money for a country house refurb.
Sin Gin was a Good O.C. never served with him again after he left 658 Minden in 75. Last saw him as Brig A.A.C. B.A.O.R. visiting the troops in N.I. Excellent to see him as Director A.A.C. I was in civvy street then working in Mid East. Tragic what was to happen later. Understand his son too whom I had played Father Christmas for became O.C. of his own Sqn. John
Meanderthal : Helicopters do not fly ; they beat the wind into submission Old Boy ! Cyclic is your Joystick, Collective is effectively your elevator and Rotor pitch controls yaw by rudder pedal. Rotary Wing Pilots are better than fixed wing especially flying near the "Avoid Curve".
I WAS A GRUNTairtrooper in 84 1st tour in 84 yup i was keen came back offf that to germany full air assult gazelles lynxs pumas chinooks fk those were the days 6th airmobile
That level of despondent sarcasm from the Instructor takes many many hours to master........it was the hardest thing I ever had to learn.
I always thought it would have been a good idea to make a documentary on what had happened to them years later.
From what i can see they became airline pilots
8:43 the Lieutenant Colonel running the training and giving out instructions is wearing a Royal Army Medical Corps stable belt, he too is wearing an Army Air Corps Pilots brevet, therefore he is assumedly both a Medical Officer and qualified Pilot. In the British Army this would be a rarity, particularly for a senior officer who would still don the uniform. Interesting to see the member of the Royal Light Infantry with his Para wings too.
I find your nerdery strangely alluring.
Aerospatiale Westland Gazelle
172mph
Excellent.
Mark Hitch is actually my father, and he is now facing his promotion to a Major and was one of the first to fly Apache Helicopters and now hangs out with Prince Harry at social BBQs. So to be fair... He must have done something right.
Well done to your Dad, I heard he was retired now as a Major and is still instructing in Private life.
@Dragomir Ronilac Wasnt Harry the one who was a helicopter pilot himself, flying apaches ?
@@detesla9575
Both he and his brother (Prince William) were helicopter pilots.
Harry in Apaches, Wills in sea kings/rescue.
Family footsteps ? Their uncle (Prince Andrew) was also a helicopter pilot (serving in the Falklands unpleasentness).
I hung out with your dad as a kid, your Grandad and my Dad were coppers in Kendal. I watched this series while dived on a Nuclear Submarine in 1998! imagine my surprise when i saw your Dad!!!!!
@Dragomir Ronilac Listen, Harry Windsor joined the army, went to Sandhurst & served as a soldier in Afghan & then learnt helicopter. His fellow soldiers respected him as a leader & comrade. Civilian life is his choice but I don't agree to him knicking £2m+ taxpayers money for a country house refurb.
thanks mate
thanks mate do you have the combat pilot Doc.
Sin Gin was a Good O.C. never served with him again after he left 658 Minden in 75. Last saw him as Brig A.A.C. B.A.O.R. visiting the troops in N.I. Excellent to see him as Director A.A.C. I was in civvy street then working in Mid East.
Tragic what was to happen later. Understand his son too whom I had played Father Christmas for became O.C. of his own Sqn.
John
What happened later?
I still find mind boggling that any sane person would want to fly a helicopter.
Why? No different to wanting to fly planes. Same risk.
Meanderthal : Helicopters do not fly ; they beat the wind into submission Old Boy ! Cyclic is your Joystick, Collective is effectively your elevator and Rotor pitch controls yaw by rudder pedal. Rotary Wing Pilots are better than fixed wing especially flying near the "Avoid Curve".
A million parts all rotating around a single oil leak waiting for fatigue to set in
14:40 roll forward to 2021 and they'd be picked up by Border Force and put up in a four star hotel, clothed, fed, free WiFi and spending money.
Given that none of these guys or anybody else in the military aviation world are I would therefore take an educated guess and say no to your question.
Only to be a senior officer...
I WAS A GRUNTairtrooper in 84 1st tour in 84 yup i was keen came back offf that to germany full air assult gazelles lynxs pumas chinooks fk those were the days 6th airmobile
Is this your wife's account?
shame we don't see forty helicopters in afghan
The RAF is worse? Sorry, just remind me, who brings you casevacs, evacs, strikes, CAS?
lol you dont know anyone in the AF do you?
Some of the biggest charactors i know are AF
greek solders
greek solgers
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