.. and presumably Dick - was at the Farnborough display in '82.
Indeed, for I recall seeing the craft there.
Evidently he also met-up with Baston's friend PC while in the UK!
Do I recall a story that the JetRanger picked up a bullet hole en-route round the world?
How incredibly unsporting!
I think the bullet was fired at him in Scotland. Probably said he didn't like scotch!
Or in Russia, where the sight of a 'skidded' blitterblat would have offered a rare trophy for the seasoned hunter!
Bell 206B JetRanger III VH-DIK at the Farnborough International Air Show in September 1982