Originally Posted by
Nigel Osborn
In Bombay there used to be some 98 or so identical unmanned wellheads, only a few 100 plus yards apart. We often flew to 30 or more in a day & it was very easy in poor weather to land on the wrong one. A bunch of grinning faces behind you in the 212 soon let you know you were on the wrong platform!
It must have been you, Nigel. We never did such a thing
Were there really that many? It was enough to avoid the Indian Navy Mil 8s getting in the way, let alone which platform was which!