VR-BDU
The picture of VR_BDU is an old photograph, rather faded. I will get it scanned and try to restore the colours for posting.
The loss of G-AZNE was believed to be caused by landing 'athwartships', a wonderful nautical term, on a drill ship, with the autopilot still engaged. The ship rolled, causing nose up, and the system tried to correct by applying forward pitch. As the roll increased, with no aerodynamic feedback, the correction increased, until the rotor blades contacted the top of the cockpit. This took out the engine controls and the central circuit breaker panel. It was a very dramatic day for everyone at Aberdeen as the news came through from offshore.