He was Irish , got his licence in OZ ranching cows in the outback .
Ah well, perhaps this accounted for his spirited arrival over the Ballydoyle estate! Either way he seemed a pleasant enough chap.
Vincent O'Brien's craft was maintained by IH who would sometimes drop in to the estate (near Cashel in Tipperary) for fuel. I remember on one occasion one of the IH drivers was instructing the chap flying the 206 acquired by Anglo-Irish Meats and they came to Ballydoyle where I assisted fuelling them.
IH reciprocated in that we would sometimes use fuel from some of their stashes. If memory serves then one such occasion was when we were driven out to sea in the most foul weather and had to creep along the coast until we reached a small pad at a place called Castletown Berehaven where I think we uplifted some of IH's stock.
Irish Helicopters Bell 212 EI-BAM at Cork on 12th July 1977 (Photo: Chris Haag)
PPRuNer Speechless Two had an image of Bristow's G-BALZ in a predominantly green livery before she was sent to Eire (I think on contract to IH?).