Bristow Photos
WRT to the 'lump' on the seismic 212 (which was used for the Prakla contract in Iran I believe) I suspect that the lump is the counterweight for the probe, but wait to be corrected (SAS do you have any ideas?)
The aircraft parked on the pipeline in Egypt was placed there by Gaza Sarkosy following an engine failure at a high hover required during takeoff. Just a few months ago, over a couple of large glasses of fine Scottish Whisky he told me the story when he visited the Goose Bay Tea House.
He still haunts places in Trinidad and he is very much enjoying his retirement.
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The bulge in the tail boom of the Prakla Seismos seismic survey 212s in Iran was not a counterweight to the MAD boom; it was a ground wave radiation detector. We had a sky wave radiation detector immediately behind the centre console, just forward of the electronics operator’s station and the ground wave detector was in a box which bulged out of the starboard side of the baggage bay. They both had to be calibrated to check background radiation at the start of every survey flight.
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Gee, there are names from the past. I knew most of them. Worked with Graham Conway in Trinidad 1995 to 1997. We also set up radio stations on the top of mountains. These were for triangulation in the disastrous saga to find a lost sub sea completion well head that eventually became Rasht 21
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I remember Kebab well. He grew up with the small gazelles that kept the grass short on the seep sides of the helipad. Kebab thought he was a gazelle too and would try and bound up the slopes like them only to roll down again and woe betide anyone who was silly enough to bend over through the door of one of the helicopters as, if he spotted you, you would be butted!!!
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Looking for lost friend
Cannot find my old best friend Ronan Le Roi who is Katells brother.. if anyone is in contact with Katell still might you please ask her to look me up on FB perhaps? All the best- thanks
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There are indeed two different Yves, a Le Roi and a Le Roy; both in the helicopter business. Interestingly I know both of them, and Katell is about 50 feet down the hallway from me at Vector Aerospace in Langley - although I am more typically somewhere else in the World! 
The Kuala Trengganu Yves Le Roy can be found on Facebook however.
Belated Happy Birthday for Christmas Day!
The Kuala Trengganu Yves Le Roy can be found on Facebook however.
Belated Happy Birthday for Christmas Day!
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That's very sad. I spent may hours with Hans in S-61Ns flying out of Aberdeen. Hans had an amazing and slightly wicked sense of humour and us young sprog co pilots used to look forward to flying with him. RIP HDH, you were a top bloke.
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Anyone knew my dad Ken Osborne?
My dad, Ken Osborne, passed away last June, 2021. I was just curious if anyone knew him and could pass along some pictures or stories. Thanks.
Your Dad and I crossed paths several times....never flew with him.
I do not have any photos of him unfortunately.
He was a good guy....and had a great sense of humor.
Very sorry to hear of your loss.
I do not have any photos of him unfortunately.
He was a good guy....and had a great sense of humor.
Very sorry to hear of your loss.
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Hi All
This I think is a big ask after so much time has passed. We are looking for photographs of Bristow Whirlwinds and Wessex operating from Tetney in Lincolnshire as well as any other relevent photos.
This would be circa 1964-197?.
Any leads gratefully received as would be any stories. We are in contact with a local man who flew many times from Tetney in this period.
Started as a local farm boy who got an offshore job as a deck hand and ended up as a senior driller for B.P.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/u...ea-oil-1071896
Just a taste of what was going on in those far off days, stolen from elsewhere on this site.
On at least three occasions, by their skill and bravery, Bristow pilots have saved rig crews in dire peril. Early in 1968, when the Ocean Prince was being pounded by hurricane force winds, Captain Robert Balls flew out to the rig from the Bristow base at Tetney, near Grimsby - a distance of 100 miles - in a Westland Wessex 60 and, loaded with the minimum of fuel, transferred the 45 members of the crew, in three trips, to another rig 20 miles away. Captain Balls was later made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, and the citation read: "....... but for his initiative, bravery and splendid airmanship, the members of the Ocean Prince crew would have probably lost their lives". Just as the last group was lifted off, the helicopter platform collapsed and, soon afterwards, pounded by mountainous seas, the Ocean Prince sank.
This I think is a big ask after so much time has passed. We are looking for photographs of Bristow Whirlwinds and Wessex operating from Tetney in Lincolnshire as well as any other relevent photos.
This would be circa 1964-197?.
Any leads gratefully received as would be any stories. We are in contact with a local man who flew many times from Tetney in this period.
Started as a local farm boy who got an offshore job as a deck hand and ended up as a senior driller for B.P.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/u...ea-oil-1071896
Just a taste of what was going on in those far off days, stolen from elsewhere on this site.
On at least three occasions, by their skill and bravery, Bristow pilots have saved rig crews in dire peril. Early in 1968, when the Ocean Prince was being pounded by hurricane force winds, Captain Robert Balls flew out to the rig from the Bristow base at Tetney, near Grimsby - a distance of 100 miles - in a Westland Wessex 60 and, loaded with the minimum of fuel, transferred the 45 members of the crew, in three trips, to another rig 20 miles away. Captain Balls was later made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, and the citation read: "....... but for his initiative, bravery and splendid airmanship, the members of the Ocean Prince crew would have probably lost their lives". Just as the last group was lifted off, the helicopter platform collapsed and, soon afterwards, pounded by mountainous seas, the Ocean Prince sank.
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...Just a taste of what was going on in those far off days, stolen from elsewhere on this site...
...Early in 1968, when the Ocean Prince was being pounded by hurricane force winds, Captain Robert Balls flew out to the rig from the Bristow base at Tetney, near Grimsby - a distance of 100 miles - in a Westland Wessex 60 and, loaded with the minimum of fuel, transferred the 45 members of the crew, in three trips, to another rig 20 miles away...
...Just a taste of what was going on in those far off days, stolen from elsewhere on this site...
...Early in 1968, when the Ocean Prince was being pounded by hurricane force winds, Captain Robert Balls flew out to the rig from the Bristow base at Tetney, near Grimsby - a distance of 100 miles - in a Westland Wessex 60 and, loaded with the minimum of fuel, transferred the 45 members of the crew, in three trips, to another rig 20 miles away...
https://budsoffshoreenergy.com/2023/...th-sea-rescue/
Sorry, too young and wrong country to be able to help with the requested photos. But I wonder what the nostalgia thread on PPRuNe, and sites like airliners.net and AirHistory might reveal with an advanced search?
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