I didn't know Jerry, but Joe Harris was a mate, he was on my AAC course and was doing his IR training. Would have been a great asset to the industry. He was an ex REME having done one AAC tour.
I was just about to start my S76 conversion having been offshore for a couple of years and the various incidents with the 76 over the next few years caused a lack of confidence in the machine by some oil companies. Shell banned them from landing on their platforms for a while, I was turned away from a Brent platform in the early 80's during a medivac!!
I flew the 76 from that time till now
....through the times with the Alison engines problems .... remember containment shields?
After we re-engined them they became a real winner. (see thread..600th 76)
and I have enjoyed flying them over the past 25 years. (I'm in bed with old pilot's complaint, a bad back. S76 seats are/were rubbish
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