AgustaBell 206B JetRanger III serial no. 8557 G-DOUG at Blackbushe on 20th October 1978 (Photo: Steve Fitzgerald)
G-DOUG was one of the first Agusta-built JetRanger III's delivered to the UK. The second, serial no. 8560 (G-OIML) was ordered by Ferranti.
Registered to Faioaks Aviation in August 1978 G-DOUG flew for the aircraft collector Doug Arnold prior to her acquisition by the Mackan Group in 1980 when she became G-MKAN.
In 1981 she was bought by T. Kilroe & Sons of Radcliffe, Manchester when she flew as G-TKHM. In 1984 she was bought by Red Rose Helicopters who sold her to Austria 1986 where she became OE-XBA.