It’s not every day that the Royal Navy visits your school by helicopter, but in 1974 the field at Northgate Grammar School for Boys in Ipswich was temporarily turned into a helipad and a stage for an aerial display.
Pupils took time out of their lessons to watch the display from their special guests and lined the field as the aircraft flew in.
The helicopter was a Wessex MK5, a utility helicopter used for search and rescue missions, among other duties, and was initially produced for the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was introduced in 1961 and spent 40 years in operation before being decommissioned in Britain.
The Navy demonstrated how the helicopter was used during a rescue mission, as these pictures show, as the crowds of pupils watch in amazement.
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