Bristow Photos

[griffothefog]

The montage pic looks like a 204 nearest to camera?

[mtoroshanga]

Durban Ops

I started that op in 1971 I think it was with an Alouette318c Astazou,the 316B from the Cape Town operation having crashed in Wellington on the way to De Aar due to a tail rotor piano wire failure.
The aircraft that crashed off Durban was a Whirlwind with Grant and Jonny Cler as crew as far as I remember. It sucked a gopher into the intake while hovering over the ship.
Brian Mangen and I started the Durban ship servicing.
Poor old Lappies died a few years ago. Dropped dead on an exercise run I seem to remember

[terminus mos]

Griffo

Is it not Bell 212 G-BIXV?

[Tail-take-off]

I think Griffo is referring to the aircraft on the right outside the Trinidad hangar which does indeed look like a 204.

[SASless]

Nope.....tis a 205......a 204 only had a single window in the door....and not the small window in the short door. The camera lens must be distorting the image a bit to "shorten" the aircraft. It also has a round nose (no radome). Compare it to the 212 behind it.

[Tail-take-off]

Was the 205 available in different sizes then? This one looks smaller than some of the othersv(204 size). I've no idea, they were before my time.

[SASless]

Tail,

The progression was 204, 205, 212,214, 412.

The 204 had a single window in the cabin door.....due to the much smaller cabin size and layout.

The others have two windows in the cabin door and a window in a Short Door.

[Oldlae]

Trinidad

I was at Galeota for the first 3 months of 1975, with the late Dick Davisson and Ernie, 9Y-TEI is definitely a 205, the image is distorted by the photo montage join. Graham Conway was with the two 204's awaiting John Snow. I well remember the drive to Port 0f Spain with Nobby Clarke every few days drinking beer and throwing out the empty bottles.

[chopper2004]

G-AYNP - Alistair Macleans Hostage Tower

Any guys flew and supported G-AYNP on the production set of this movie and got autographs from the lovely Maud Adams and Bitt Ekland?







Cheers

[BTC8183]

B204 recognition.

Apart from The single[big] sliding door window,the 204 had the TR on the LH.
Most[iirc] 205's had the TR on the RH[as per pic].

[griffothefog]

204

I didn't realise it was several pics mashed up
I have flown the 205 but couldn't work out the windows...
Thanks Sas, at least I never got shot at in one
Back to my rock and the 139.....

[SASless]

BTC.....if you flew later model aircraft they did.

[OMONEZ]

204

Also a flat bulkhead at the face of the main pylon. Very clear when you look at the mast.

[mtoroshanga]

I cannot believe you call yourselves helicopter pilots and don't know the difference between a Bell 204 a205 and a 212
Try reading up or ask SASless!!!

[Dave Ed]

Just to clear up any confusion!







.......and this is a.............?

[helimo]

S76B205

[Fareastdriver]

Why didn't somebody make that? It would have taken over the world.

[terminus mos]

They are. Bell is already marketing it.

Isn't it going to be called the 525 Relentless?

[heli1]

Terminus mos....you beat me to it! A stretched 414ST.

[SASless]

If you cannot recognize a Bell 204/205/212 or an S-76 Stretch......well....it does make one wonder where you got your training!