Originally Posted by
inmate
.......In 1969 I was doing by PPL at Bristol & Wessex and wandering around the airport stumbled on a small hangar and as "inquiring minds wanted to know" looked inside. Much to my suprize was a very well looked after 206 which I found out from the pilot was owned by the electrical company for the SW, he like you gave me the cooks tour and although this didn't cement my change over a few years later it did stick in my mind as a nice gesture on his part.......
There were only three pilots, plus the boss, working for the SWEB Helicopter Unit at Bristol Airport in 1969 and I was one of them. I wonder which of us was the one who showed you around! Here's the JetRanger you referred to, shown at Cardiff Rhoose Airport that year.
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