Finally managed to get some slides scanned for this great topic.
Silverstone 1988 will be remembered for the following: -
1. Professional North Sea Pilots mistaking a disused airfield (Grafton Underwood?) for Northampton (Sywell).
2. Bad weather with cloud base going below 500' before CAA closed Silverstone Airfield. We were allowed to fly in (twin engine helicopters only) during the race to catch up with the passenger backlog.
3. Only RNAV 2 equipped Tiger kept getting lost meaning those of us with jump seats fitted were carrying a 20th suitably briefed passenger.
4. 214ST spent most of the weekend U/S.
G-TIGJ parked at Milton waiting for Silverstone Airfield to re-open.
G-TIGB, G-TIGJ & G-TIGC parked in South Park.
G-BGWJ parked on one of the hotspots.
G-TIGS, working for Marlboro, parked at a hotspot.
Line-up of Bristow's, British International Helicopters, and the lone Irish Helicopters SK61N.
The line-up from a different angle with a BIH Chinook just arriving.
The Bristow vantage point during the race.
We had to give G-TIGJ to another crew on the Monday, and the Tiger we inherited at Newcastle went U/S on start-up, so ended up being delivered to Aberdeen in the 214ST. Downwind right for 17, with one engine in manual throttle - note the lack of fixed-wing then!!