Thanks for posting more photos. I especially like the Westland Wessex (HAS. 1?) in the first picture. It seems to be carrying French AS.12 wire guided anti-ship missiles and what looks like 2 inch rocket pods (the silver tubes).

Useless information follows (hope you don't mind) ...

AS.12s were used in anger by the British a few years later in the Falklands. Westland Wasp helicopters fired nine of them against the Argentine submarine the ARA Santa Fe which was trapped on the surface and unable to dive after its dive tanks suffered damage from a depth charge attack by a Royal Navy Wessex HAS.3 antisubmarine helicopter (visually similar to the one in your photo but with a radome on the rear fuselage). Out of the 9 missiles 'fired', 4 hit, 4 missed and 1 failed to launch. Two of the missiles that hit failed to detonate on impact, instead punching a hole through the slender conning tower and exploding on the far side.

In an unusual mission, two AS.12s were fired from a Royal Navy Wessex HU.5 commando transport helicopter at Port Stanley town hall on 11 June 1982 in an attempt to disrupt a meeting of senior Argentine personnel that took place there every morning. Both missiles missed, one striking the roof of a police station and the other hitting some telegraph poles.

So not the most accurate (or reliable) of wire guide missiles...

Great pictures again Flit and thanks for the extra info FlatEric.

Can I add that the ARA Santa Fe used to be the USS Catfish,built in 1944 and commissioned into the Argentine Navy in 1971.By taking out the Santa Fe (she was badly damaged by the missile attack and was abandoned at South Georgia and later scuttled by the British) the Argentines lost 50% of her submarine force.

Hey, thanks for the thanks; it is my pleasure. Some interesting background above too.

That last pic? A baby Nimrod? I don't know that one.

Is that an F-6 in the first pic?

It's a Bréguet - Dassault Atltantique...

More 'niceness' - thank you for posting

I'll have a go at the helicopters ... from left to right:

- Westland Sioux AH.1 (or possibly an Aérospatiale Alouette II, its hard to tell - both were used by the Army Air Corp and both had a 'skelton' fuselage)
- Westland Scout AH.1 - looks to be carrying SS.11 wire guided anti-tank missiles (two each side of the cabin)
- Westland Wasp - navalised version of the Scout (in fact it was originally going to named the "Sea Scout")
- Westland Whirlwind
- Westland Wessex HAS.3 (identifiable by radome on rear fuselage)
- 2 x Westland Wessex HU.5's

Oh, and there looks to be a Bell UH.1 on the ground as well

This Hurri pic triggered a cocked sideways look from me. I've learned that this is 'The last of Many' (as is written on the side) - the last production Hurricane produced. But, what baffled me was the presence of the Blackburn Beverley's in the background. Now, if you're familiar with the Beverley thread, you'll know my old man used to fly those Beverleys. So, I am unsure if this is the 72 Farnborough show or if Flit's dad just came across it somewhere. To me, the background and the photographer's proximity suggest this is not Farnborough, but I read that the Hurri was shown at the 72 show. I shall have to ask him.

Oh wow! Those Buccaneers

Some WWI era:

On the GR.1 at the 72 show picture, I've got Islander (Defender), Viggen, Trislander, SA Bulldog, Jetstream, Shackleton MR.3, Harrier, some bug smasher and what could be a BO-105 (if they were about?).

^^ Interesting to see some familiar scenes in motion - thanks.