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Old 20th Jan 2013, 06:40
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Plank Cap
 
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Leased by / to / from Bristows!

Sav, as you rightly recall once upon a time, a Bristows painted Bo105 flying on loan to a certain other North Sea operator (who favoured an all red colour scheme) went for a swim in the shallows off Skegness.

On the day, the aircraft was being flown by a certain family member of the 'other' company, who was duly carted off to hospital on being rescued from the drink. He was fine, but whilst enjoying all the nurses' attention kept being pestered by a member of the local press, eager to learn the details of the ditching. Our bed ridden hero, feeling a little overwhelmed perhaps by all the excitement of the day, managed only to tell the journalist one salient fact; that as the colour scheme would suggest the aircraft was indeed one of Bristow's machines, (not letting on that it was being operated by their number one competitor on the day!).

Having heard it from the man himself, I'm inclined to believe it's a true story. It's certainly a good one, from the days of plenty of healthy competition between all the North Sea operators.

Here's another red Bo105, location Aberdeen, this one actually owned and operated by Bond back in the 80s.





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