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Dave Ed

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Vietnam

Vietnam

As a consequence of Bristows direct involvement with the provision of helicopter services for a number of oil companies since 1990, the company gained valuable experience of operating and working in Vietnam and in particular working in direct association with Vietnam Helicopter Services Company Limited ("Helicop"), the helicopter operating subsidiary of Service Flight Corporation.
Bristows operations seem to have been centred on Vung Tau.

Contracts involved tripartite agreements between Bristow Helicopters, Helicop and various oil companies such as Enterprise Oil and Petro Canada.
In each case Bristows were required to provide a senior pilot and licenced engineer to monitor all aspects of the operation and maintenance of the aircraft.

Engine change for "Helicop" 330J, VN-8607.

VN-8607 in a more serviceable state at Con Son, a small island that was used for refuelling on some of the longer trips out of Vung Tau.pic 1991-92.

These last two pictures show an SFC 330J during a check 2, being carried out by local staff and a team from Redhill in 1995 ish, around the time that a Bristow AS332L arrived.

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