Schreiner 1945-2005 Memorial Photo Gallery
Frans VanDerSpoel was quality manager in Rotterdam until the early 2000's I believe he is now retired.
Dirk Van Denakker was still flying out of Rotterdam at the same time, where he is now I know not.
Dirk Van Denakker was still flying out of Rotterdam at the same time, where he is now I know not.
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The Ghost of Companies Past
bogey@6,
Peter Schabel died around 3 years ago.
Jean Paul Ledour lots his licence many years ago after a fall from a horse. Last that I heard he was retired in France.
Charles de Mannoury last heard of flying Dash 8 in Tchad.
AFAIK Peter Weiss retired about 3 years ago when he was replaced as Engineering Manager of Aero Contractors.
Spheriflex,
As has been reported on What's New in West Africa, the EC225s are likely to sit in the Eurocopter hangar in Marignane for a while as the future of CHC/Aero is sorted out. I fully agree about the colour scheme. The Ibru family (owners of Aero) got really annoyed about CHC painting all aircraft in their colour scheme complete with 'flying chicken' and ordered that they all be repainted in the much more distinctive, original Schreiner/Aero livery. There are still some helicopters sporting that in Port Harcourt and 5N-BGN was recently repainted in (almost) the old colours. It's much prettier, more distinctive and easier to see - and (as you say) keeps the ghost of Schreiner (which was a much better company) alive
I hope we'll see them in Nigeria before too long and the lovely paint job will help to expunge the memory of the CHC paint job, which anyway is far too similar to the equally nasty Bristow one (Pan African looks so much more distinguished 
)
Peter Schabel died around 3 years ago.
Jean Paul Ledour lots his licence many years ago after a fall from a horse. Last that I heard he was retired in France.
Charles de Mannoury last heard of flying Dash 8 in Tchad.
AFAIK Peter Weiss retired about 3 years ago when he was replaced as Engineering Manager of Aero Contractors.
Spheriflex,
As has been reported on What's New in West Africa, the EC225s are likely to sit in the Eurocopter hangar in Marignane for a while as the future of CHC/Aero is sorted out. I fully agree about the colour scheme. The Ibru family (owners of Aero) got really annoyed about CHC painting all aircraft in their colour scheme complete with 'flying chicken' and ordered that they all be repainted in the much more distinctive, original Schreiner/Aero livery. There are still some helicopters sporting that in Port Harcourt and 5N-BGN was recently repainted in (almost) the old colours. It's much prettier, more distinctive and easier to see - and (as you say) keeps the ghost of Schreiner (which was a much better company) alive
I hope we'll see them in Nigeria before too long and the lovely paint job will help to expunge the memory of the CHC paint job, which anyway is far too similar to the equally nasty Bristow one (Pan African looks so much more distinguished )
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I worked for Schreiner at Warri but mainly Port Harcourt in the late 70s. Steve Borrowdale was the chief at Warri and Kieth Welch at PH. Peter Wilson was flying the Puma and we had a wonderful ex Foreign Legion pilot by the name of Piere Legalle (sp). There was also Bill Ennet and his wife Goody who I have long lost track of since they returned to the US.
My addled old brain is forgetting too many other names.
I will always remember the gang there and Shreiner with great fondness.
Regards
carholme
My addled old brain is forgetting too many other names.
I will always remember the gang there and Shreiner with great fondness.
Regards
carholme
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.. and for those who may have known Charles Schmit, ex Heli-Union I believe. He mentions many acquaintaces with Schreiner's Iran operation. Last time I saw him he was doing Consultancy with the Indian DGCA. He's in his 80s from what I gathered.
