Bristow Photos

[Dave Ed]

Tim Nicholls Pictures

Hi there, Dave Ed back again!

Ref posts 1726, 1728 and 1729. Tim Nicholls has asked me to help with posting a lot of his father's old pictures. So after a couple of weeks of prepping the pics to get the best out of them I will endevour to remember how to post them on Pprune
As the pictures, Tim's Pprune notes and the e-mails became somwhat disjointed, it is likely I will match the wrong notes with a picture so if the Whirlwind actually looks like a 206 you will know why!

So, starting with Tim's original post.........

Hi I am struggling to upload photos of my Dad's time ( Bill Nicholls) in Bristows during the early sixties until the 90's. He worked in Nigeria during the sixties, Dubai, Das island, Paull in east yorkshire, Aberdeen and on the rigs, Eket in Nigeria, Borneo late Fifties. I have a lot of photos to share with you but am having problems loading them. I have posted a few on Dubaiasitusedtobe.com which can be viewed there.






Bristow Helicopters in Dubai 1964

Helicopters were new to Dubai in 1964 but traditional forms of transport could still be useful! Here Tim's Father takes a Donkey Ride back to base.









Bristow Helicopters in Dubai 1964

Bristow's Westland Whirlwind is parked at the Helipad facing out to sea. One of British India Shipping Line ships can be seen between the helicopter's floats. The ship will have anchored offshore where people and cargo were discharged and brought ashore to Dubai in barges and small boats.






Tim, Nic and Ahmed next to the Jet Ranger with Gerhard Trosch the pilot taken about 1967/68...he was a canny Austrian guy who became the personal pilot of then Prince Mohammed..I remember him for having a fantastic huge white Mercedes with red leather seats and also he didn't approve of me and Nic reading Victor magazines as they glorified war and were anti- German!!.







Possibly on Das Island...the guy in the cockpit is called Filipose. I had a great childhood as a result of Dad's job and many happy memories from our time in Dubai especially.








This photo is of the Bristow base on Dubai beach close to the mouth of the creek in 1964..as you can see it was a very simple operation before they moved to the Dubai airport site.








Dubai 1964







Eket in the seventies.







Borneo.







Bill Nicholls and Mike Johnston probably on the Treasure Finder.