Hi Nick, Ritchie was my flight manager in Range ferry and recovery flight at Woomera from my joining until he went to Gulf Helicopters in 1974. I did the helicopter conversion in order to get the job. With three pilots we flew Alouette 3, Single DHC Otter and a DC3. Sometimes switching to all three types in one day. It was a peach of a job and we were all unhappy that it was closed down. Within a year of Ritchie leaving,I was offered a job back in the UK with the airlines. I wanted to stay in Aussie but the airlines all told me I was too old at 38! Ritchie visited me in the UK about 1979 on leave from GH. That was the last time I saw him as he died of cancer soon after retiring back to the UK. At Woomera,when not flying, we would sit in the crew room and he would keep us enthralled with stories of flying over Berlin in a Pathfinder Mossie. A great guy. Did you fly with GH when he was there? He started on the S62and later was on the Bell212. Regards Bob.