A little background on your correspondent!
I was a Bristow South East Asia man for many years. I did my first ferry flight between the UK and Singapore in December 1979 in a Puma J and flew an L1 from China to Aberdeen in 1997. I left Bristow in 1999 and now work part time for a European helicopter manufacturer based in Malaysia. Wearing that hat I have done five L2 delivery flights from France to Malaysia / Vietnam over the last four years. I also do some freelance work and this flight was working with a UK company that specialises in arranging helicopter ferry flight clearances around the world. We assisted the Vietnamese company in taking an L2 to Norway this time last year for a major inspection and bringing back a sister ship this time. I worked in Vietnam from 1991 to 1997 and the guys I was flying with on this trip have been my very good friends for many years.