I can confirm Attila's message as being spot on. The constructor's number of the helicopter was 61806, registration G-LINK.
The reason why it ceased operating was due to the terms of the route licence. The licence was only valid until such time as the M25 connected up Gatwick with Heathrow. The principle objectors to continuation of the licence beyond that point were the bus companies, not the owners of the swimming pools beneath.
The swimming pool owners in fact had the operating times restricted in order to give themselves peace and quite during the afternoons. Hence the service did not run between about 1:30 and 4:00 pm. Ironic really since the money used to pay for those swimming pools was no doubt earned from business ventures that probaly blighted other peoples lives. Tower blocks, etc??
Last edited by Frisky Bunny; 23rd Dec 2002 at 08:34.