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Old 21st Jun 2008, 19:57
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Phil Kemp
 
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I prepared and loaded G-ANFH on a truck to go to the Helicopter Museum when I was an apprentice back in (maybe) 1978. She was stored at the back of the Blister hangar along with all the other old 55's from around the World. Bristow made some kind of deal with Heavylift and got all the old machines hauled back from Nigeria for the price of buying the fuel for the dead-head leg home.

The Blister hangar was full of all of them and there were more around the back - plus a bunch of Hillers.

I have a couple of superb 1950's model tin toys of this machine. If I ever get around to scanning any of my old pictures, I actually have some shots of her getting cleaned up and hauled off.

She is looking very sad around the back of the Museum nowadays though!
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