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Old 7th Apr 2011, 06:56
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JimL
 
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Yes.

It was a photo shoot in 1974 - on the helicopter lanes - just west of Battersea. We had two jet rangers based between there and Redhill. The rear seat passenger on that flight was one of our engineers.

Ken Bradley was in charge (but rarely flew), the line pilots for that summer were myself and Mike Green.

There wasn't too much work out of Battersea at that time - mostly racing and VIP transport. Most memorable flight that summer was from Battersea via Heathrow to a private house in Sussex. My passengers were the wives of Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink, Gordon Mills and their husbands' manager. Spent the afternoon fishing on their trout lake before returning them to Battersea.

We used to set aside each Wednesday afternoon for sightseeing flights - from Battersea to Tower Bridge - with members of the 'interline' team. They were seen as extremely important for facilitating the transport of Bristow staff to/from various locations world-wide.

This was one of my last flights there before departing to Aberdeen and the S61.

Jim
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