Helicopters Collection (page 7)

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Trinity House Service Helicopter on Bishop Rock lighthouse
Trinity House Service Helicopter on top of Bishop Rock lighthouse, Isles of Scilly, 160 feet above sea level

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopters
Two helicopters belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961 - helicopters leaving HMS Bulwark
Britains spearhead in Kuwait - men of 42 Marine Commando embarking in helicopters of H.M.S. Bulwark to land in Kuwait in July 1961 in support of the Sheikhs request for reinforcement against

Flettner Fl-282 -first flown in October 1941, only 24 of these helicopters were built, as their main use would have been naval -itself a low priority other than U-Boats

Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during?
Westland Wessex HC2 of No72 Squadron, RAF Odiham, during a helicopter assault during Exercise Spearhead, where ten helicopters were flown to Germany to reinforce No18 Squadron in their Army support

Metropolitan Police Helicopters
A pair of Metropolitan Police Helicopters. In the foreground is one of the first three Metropolitan Police Bell 222 air support helicopters (G-METC)

Berliner Helicopter 1922
American inventor Henry Berliner, son of helicopter pioneer Emile Berliner, carries on his fathers work and is here seen testing his 1922 model, one of a series

Air sea rescue crew in a helicopter, Cornwall
Air sea rescue crew (left to right: diver, pilot and navigator) in a helicopter, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Trinity House Service Helicopter at Sennen, Cornwall

Helicopter search and rescue using thermal camera
Helicopter search and rescue, early use of a thermal infrared camera to find missing people. A woman sits to the left of the pilot, with the camera in front of her. Date: 1972

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopter
A 22 Squadron Royal Air Force Search and Rescue helicopter, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex, lands safely

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue
Crew jackets belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Man in the shadow of a helicopter
Man standing on the ground in the shadow of a helicopter. Date: circa 1965

Sikorsky H-5 -both the US Army Air Force and US Navy were beginning to employ helicopters on rescue duties by wars end

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