Griff/CVR: How wonderful to have these experiences in common with you! As you say, delightful times which have left great memories.
Vincent kept the colours on his subsequent aircraft.
Yes, I recall someone contacting the Colonel and mentioning that the Ranger had been swapped-out for an Ecureuil and that instructions had been received from Ballydoyle to paint her up in the same livery.
I suspect that Vincent might not have been aware from where the colours on his aircraft were derived. Only a handful of guys at Irish Helicopters would have been in-the-know as it were.
Here .. BFK when she was N50005:
Bell 206B III N50005, Stateside in 1978, prior to being shipped to the World Helicopter Championships in Vitebsk, Russia
On finals to Ballydoyle. The pad was between the red and white gallop observation tower and the circular training ring
BFK on the pad at Ballydoyle. Easter 1980