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The AgustaBell 206B JetRanger II G-CPTS belonging to Bruce Aspinall has recently featured on the
Oldest Operational Helicopter thread as well as on the
Alan Mann nostalgia thread.
Today I received a message from a family who are friends of the Aspinall's and who have evidently been reading PPRuNe. Their message conveys the sad news that Bruce Aspinall, who has owned G-CPTS for the past 33 years, passed away on 24th April.
This post is to convey condolences to the Aspinall's and their friends.
Mrs 'K' who wrote to me mentioned that:
"The helicopter you have referred to on your forum was to have gone for the helecopter equivalent of an MOT this week."
AgustaBell 206B G-CPTS at Blackpool Squires Gate on 28th April 1984 (Photo: Derek Heley)
RIP Bruce.
Sav