Bristow used to do servicing and modifications to Yugoslav police Bell 212s. I had a few comments from Gatwick controllers when doing ILSs into Gatwick with a YU callsign and a British accent:
We also did some main gearbox overhauls for Okanagan Helicopters. I delivered this one to Liverpool docks for shipment back to Canada:
This was the S76 being prepared for the film "The Fourth Protocol':
Engine-offs were fun in the snow (well. okay, they were always fun
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It's always a bad idea to let 2 flying instructors go off for a session of engine-offs together
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Anybody remember the "Chief Barking Instructor' (staff number K9) who used to get taken for 'walkies' by 'Spanners' on many a lunchtime?:
Here's the original Bell 412 demonstrator which came over for the 1988 Farnborough airshow, then went up to North Denes on a trial for Amoco. I flew with the Bell pilots to familiarise them with the helilanes:
