Great thread guy's! Bought back a whole load of happy memories amassed from nearly 4000 hrs with these fabulous aircraft.
Think I got most of them in my logbook (in one guise or another!) including the much missed 'Mike Fox'.
Got to agree with the plaudits for the Bond / BAS engineers that kept the old gilrs going. Always did a terrific job mostly in cr*p conditions and I always felt like the machine would do her bit if I did mine.
Couple of things spring to mind :- We had 2
oddballs. TVAM (ex Thames Valley Air ambulance) - no SAS, and the already mentioned BTHV which, if memory serves was the only one in the fleet with Bendix FCU's (?).
Another thought! Didn't BAS get 2 'CBS's' from Mexico (or somewhere vaguely latin -american) that were converted to DBS-4's? Or was it just another of my weird dreams?
Very sad day when the 105's finally bow out. A
real pilot's machine, leaked like a sieve, rattled like hell, but
OH! what
fun!
P.S. Good to hear your still going Davey - hope you're well.