Great stuff Geoffers!
I must say that the comments one heard about them when they were orange and white tended to be better than when they became red, white and blue!
Savoia wrote: Quite a number of the 'A' reg 206's that we haven't touched upon are Bristow birds and one of the reasons for that is that in the late 60's (not long after Bristows took delivery of their initial order of 20 ships) many of them were shipped-off to support various overseas contracts.
And here is one of those birds:
Agusta-Bell 206A JetRanger G-AXKE, the 35th 206 registered in the UK, at an undisclosed location c. late 60's early 70's (Photo: Graham Bunn)
This craft was bought by Bristows in July 1969 but was then shipped-off to Indonesia the following month. In 1973 she is again registered to Bristows in the UK until 1975 when she is transferred to Bermuda after which the trail runs cold.
It is fair to assume therefore that this shot was taken either prior to her departure to Indonesia in 1969 or during her return to the UK between 1973-75 but I am inclined to go for the 73-75 period as all of Bristow's late 60's 206's were delivered in a pale blue colour.
Does anyone have an inkling as to which location this might be?