Originally Posted by
Zishelix
Someone standing next to that very rare breed of helicopter, a North American (I assume Bristow's) Gazelle
You've picked an interesting one there Zis.
As mentioned on the Bristow thread, she is almost certainly the same craft as captured by Ken Knight at Sabine pass but .. I wonder if she was actually registered to Bristows?
Does anyone happen to know whether there is an FAA equivalent of G-INFO?
The craft in question, N9000A (as your database must show) was serial no. 1470. It seems that by 1986 (perhaps before) she was sold to Air Zermatt in Switzerland when she became HB-XMU (below) thereafter being sold to France to become F-GIBU.
The records show that in 2011 she was sold to 'Gazelle Management Services' of Ruthin in Wales and now flies as G-IBME.
Air Zermatt SA324J Gazelle HB-XMU c. 1986 (Photo: Anton Heumann)