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18th October 2013 | 19:47

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Dave Ed

Joined: Jan 2010

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From: Cyprus

Had a couple of great weekends out in the Channel islands fixing BYDF.
One was a T5 snag. Picked up from Bristows Redhill by the Harrods 76, dropped off at the BYDF hangar on the Barclay Bros island, a landing pad blasted out of the cliffs I was told.
Twenty minute fix, over night in the visitors accommodation and a great flight back IFR into Battersea in BYDF, ILS into London City and breaking off for low level, along the Thames....one of my best trips sitting in co-pilot seat watching Ex Bristow (Avionic?? Steve Hogarth??) pilot working single pilot IFR through busy London Airspace......impressive. Nice to see all the avionics/autopilot I normally look after being used to the full.
Second trip was to change the weather radar scanner, on a Saturday, whilst DF was hangared on Guernsey. Again a quick fix. No flight available back to UK until Sunday evening. Had a whole weekend on Guernsey courtesy of Bristow/Barclay staying at the Idle Rocks hotel with bar bill "looked after"

Loads of overtime

Loved the hotel, so took Jan there a few months later.......shortly after, it burnt down

Dave B....Didn't a team from Redhill have to travel by boat from Guernsey to do the regular servicing?

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