Alex Clarke recalls working with Commando Helicopter Force pilots, including 848 Naval Air Squadron, and jokes about how low they considered normal flying altitude. Sea King Mark 4s and later Merlins provided troop transport. A separate account previewed from a Bilge Pumps guest describes reaching Stanley airport and locating a ceasefire meeting by helicopter. The crew reportedly hover-taxied along the streets at roughly a foot and a half above the ground to find the right house. The anecdote illustrates low-level handling, but it does not identify the Stanley crew's squadron.
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Low-flying naval helicopters and a hover-taxi through Stanley
An account of low-level naval helicopter flying leads to a guest's story of hover-taxiing through Stanley to find a ceasefire meeting.