G-AVII Bristow IR 206
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Ireland
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I had the pleasure/privilege of working with Steve Bell, Steve Menham and Andy Hellewell some years ago while completing my IR at Bristow's in Norwich. Tough going when coming to it a little later in life but got there in the end under the guidance of Steve and the boys in Double-India.
There were some funny moments along the way - one while returning to Norwich via Clacton following the Airway sortie to Southend. ATC cleared us only to FL90 instead of the planned FL100 (yes, I know, sounds odd in a JetRanger!) We were sitting in blue skies just on top of the cloud when Steve Bell said to me to look out just in time to see a Ryanair 737 pass above and only slightly to the left.
With his typical big grin, Steve laughed, "That's why you're at nine-zero, mate! Wonder what they'll have to say about the JetRanger they saw at 9000 feet, eh?!!"
There were some funny moments along the way - one while returning to Norwich via Clacton following the Airway sortie to Southend. ATC cleared us only to FL90 instead of the planned FL100 (yes, I know, sounds odd in a JetRanger!) We were sitting in blue skies just on top of the cloud when Steve Bell said to me to look out just in time to see a Ryanair 737 pass above and only slightly to the left.
With his typical big grin, Steve laughed, "That's why you're at nine-zero, mate! Wonder what they'll have to say about the JetRanger they saw at 9000 feet, eh?!!"
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Hi guys,
I thought you might be happy to see G-AVII flying years later. Currently she's privately registered as VH-OKS in Snowy Mountains, Australia. With my girlfriend we had a great time filming and flying on her a few months ago in Jindabyne, as well as talking to her owner Jeff and the pilot for the day Mike. She's currently the oldest flying Jetranger in Australia. And still looking and sounding great.
I put two videos on youtube and a photo on flickr, hope you enjoy.
VH-OKS by Krzysztof Malek, on Flickr
Regards,
Krzysztof
I thought you might be happy to see G-AVII flying years later. Currently she's privately registered as VH-OKS in Snowy Mountains, Australia. With my girlfriend we had a great time filming and flying on her a few months ago in Jindabyne, as well as talking to her owner Jeff and the pilot for the day Mike. She's currently the oldest flying Jetranger in Australia. And still looking and sounding great.
I put two videos on youtube and a photo on flickr, hope you enjoy.
VH-OKS by Krzysztof Malek, on Flickr
Regards,
Krzysztof
You don't see them bolted to low skids very often (nor should I mention see them fly backwards whilst climbing or those spinning vertical cimbs up into the H/V avoid area 
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