Oldest operational helo?
longest owned by one owner
* B206 G-CPTS has one owner from new in 1980.
* Norman Foster's B206 G-BKEW is close, he's had that since 1982
* WPD (ex SWEB) have had B206 G-BARP since 1982
* Alan Mann Hc B47G5 G-BBRI - while it has had three registered owners, the changes are nominal and AMH have operated this one from new in 1975 (including recent years as a hangar queen!)
I am sure there are more. No doubt the big operators have had some of their fleet for a long while - Bo105s perhaps?
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If I am not mistaken, Whisper Jet in the US operates some Sikorsky S55 helicopters, dating back to 1952!
Very intresting to see what they have done to the helicopters
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Very intresting to see what they have done to the helicopters
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Golden Wings Aviation in Washington State USA is flying 4 or 5 S55's with round motors for cherry drying each year. Don't know the exact date of manufacture, but I think it was just a couple years after dirt was new.
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Helihub, the highest time bo105's in the UK are ex-bond, G-BATC has gone past 20000 hours but as far as I can see they seem to be taken out of service not long after passing this milestone.
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Helihub: Great discovery with CPTS. It just so happened that I came across one of her photos last week and which I shall put up on the Mann thread.
31 years with one owner isn't bad in the private category. When I first read about CPTS I had no idea she was still flying in the UK! Great stuff.
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Helihub: Great discovery with CPTS. It just so happened that I came across one of her photos last week and which I shall put up on the Mann thread.
31 years with one owner isn't bad in the private category. When I first read about CPTS I had no idea she was still flying in the UK! Great stuff.
Sav
Sorry, my fault for sidetracking this thread onto TTAF numbers. Lets get back to the original topic of "how long helicopters have been in the same ownership".... I looked through the currently owned Bond Bo105s and found one bought pre 1990 - G-CDBS in 1989. I guess if you counted the re-shells they did, those probably have a rivet or two dating back to the 70s
