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Clair "WHYTIE" Whyte
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Found some great pictures on the internet and thought I would share for all those who enjoyed hel-op training as much as I did.
Whytie
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1 RCR 83-87, 4 RCR 98-02, UN - CYPRUS 84, Strathroy-Caradoc Police 03-Present
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Ron [Andy] Andrews
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Hey great pics Whytie , thanks for putting them up.. does anyone remember the old bubble choppers, used in Soest area at one time, and Rusty the pilot,,,, anyone wioth pics of them . ranrad
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Jim Hickson
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Hi Ron
Yes!! They used to come into Fort York. This one here is in 1963.
Jim
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BJ MacLean
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Whytie
Great shots, good memories.
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B.J. MacLean
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Ron [Andy] Andrews
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Hi Jim: And thanks for the piuc.. i had a few " rides " in those , and the pilot was always a Capt we all called Rusty, cant remember his surname...flew that thing like it was part of him....ranrad
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aldi
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RANRAD,
Would that be Capt. Rusty Willett (sp?)? The name just came to me.
My first flight in that old Hiller wasn't with the Canadians, though. I was the mortar platoon commander in Cyprus 65/66 and for some reason which now escapes me we needed to mount an operation and the CO put me in a Brit Army Hiller as an airborne MFC. We took off from the helipad at Tjiklos and immediately went from ground level to 800 feet as we dropped over the side of the mountain. Scared the bejabbers out of me! Ten years later I was with the earthquake relief operation in Udine, Italy and did an airborne recce with a 444 Squadron Kiowa. We landed just as the sun was setting and when that same pilot took off on his next flight at oh-dark-30 the next morning, he flew into an unmarked freight cable, killing himself and his observer. Then there was the time I went sub-hunting in a Sea King off HMCS Iroquois in the North Sea, but that's another helicopter story . . .
Al Ditter
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Ron [Andy] Andrews
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Thanks Aldi... thatmay well be his name, but my memory isnt what i can count on , so will not be able to confirm.. the Rusty , yes, Willet May be some others will recall him too... he was by all accounts in love with his job when flying those machines....i was still young enpugh that the fear factor.. or reality od danger was not paramount in my pysche....today i believe i might be a lot more .. shall i say reluctant to do some of those things.....it would be interesting to know if anyone else remembers him... i think he was Rusty because of his very bright rusty orange hair, and freckles ....as i said he loved to fly it and seemed to be tops at it...ranrad
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