The rumour mill suggested that it had always been owned by, and then leased from Bristow when they getting more Tigers than they could use
Nope. G-MI was owned by Bond and was a different spec to the Bristow Tigers, including a 4 axis "coupler"
Maroon? Don't thinks so. Red - yes except for the L2 (G-MM) that went orange after it was washed on arrival at Aberdeen