RV: It is the
degree of nose-high attitude that is being commented on - not the fact that it exists!
FED: I remember witnessing Pat McHaffey and the late Colin Bates starting-up G-OHTL in just the way you mention. 'Twas always interesting to watch!
Sounds like just a little
too much excitement what with the C30 breaking apart and the resultant safety measures!
G-BGXY was a sorry tale indeed, preceded by an even sadder one some months earlier in Brasil. I hope we begin to see an end to pilots and pax having to pay with their lives for developmental work which should have been performed by the manufacturer.
Dave: You mentioned helping-out with a Helitalia ship and which I am guessing must have been the one below .. for her serial number is close to that of DF's:
Helitalia S76A++ I-HBAS at the Aeroporto di Ancona Falconara 'Raffaello Sanzio' near Ancona on 22nd May 1998 (Photo: Courtesy of Oscar Bernardi)
HBAS became G-BZAN at some point after Bristows bought into Helitalia.
Some more Bristow/Helitalia reflections:
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Ainippe
The photo of that S76 was taken in Brindisi shortly after the aircraft was converted to an A+. I was engineer on the flight with Bob Winter. Was a nice job, around an hour a day at worst. After I left, Kev Smith took over and completed the detachment.
We did several detachments with Helitalia using a BHL S76, a Helitalia AB412 with 3B's in it and an ex HKAAF S76A+ in Ancona.