File:PumaHC1 WessexHU5 Farnborough1982.jpg

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Description Two British helicopters during a fire fighting demonstraion flight at the Farnborough Airshow at RAF Farnborough, Hampshire (UK), on 11 September 1982. The helicopter nearer to the camera is a Royal Air Force Aerospatiale SA330 Puma HC1 (s/n XW236) from No. 33 Squadron, RAF. The other helicopter is a Royal Navy Westland Wessex HU5 (s/n XS482). It carries the 845 Naval Air Squadron squadron code "D" and the deck code "A" for the commando carrier HMS Albion (R07) (which was decommissioned in 1973). XS482 was assigned to the Farnborough Apprentice Training Department on 20 March 1986 and is today preserved at the RAF Manston History Museum, Kent (UK).
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Source http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/; VIRIN: DF-ST-83-09822
Author Photographer's Name: TSgt. Boyd Belcher
Other versions original photo shows more spectators in the foreground

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