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30th Oct 2013, 09:37

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Dave Ed

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Iran

Iran 3

47s, Allouettes, 212s and a bit of a 206!

Back of photos: Bristow archives.
"Military training in Iran"

An Allouette 3 probably in Iran. The sign says "Welcome to Gunis".

Iran Lavan Island base.
EP-HAD Allouette 3 coming into hover.

Iran Lavan Island base.
EP-HAD Allouette 3 with S55 in back ground.

......and a picture I've posted before.......

That was taken by Sr. Captain Gunter Burmeister, who is now in Nigeria. It was taken in 1975 while working on the BICC contract at Bavush, Iran. We were engaged to help build a high tension power line that required lots of serious longline underslung load work. The base camp was at 7200 feet msl and the average work site was at 4500 feet msl with outside air temperatures approaching +45 C during the summer. Landed one sling load at 13,000 feet while on that job. The pilot in the Alouette 3 is none other than myself....thirty pounds lighter and a whole lot more hair in those days. That very well may have been the Alouette that crashed later and was written off. Burmeister was the pilot at the time of the crash. The aircraft lost a tail rotor gear box and came to rest on a very steep mountain slope.

Ralph Chappell

.........and a few 212s...

Zagross 1975

.........and after the pull out, at Redhill.....a few of these are probably still flying somewhere today.

Who is the guy surfing one of them................

........and finally....a bit of 206................

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