David Essex - Bell 47
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David Essex - Bell 47
Evening all,
Hoping someone on here may be able to answer a question about David Essex and the helicopter he owned.
I believe it was a Bell 47 based at Fairoaks but does anyone know what the reggie was?
Cheers.
Jeff
Hoping someone on here may be able to answer a question about David Essex and the helicopter he owned.
I believe it was a Bell 47 based at Fairoaks but does anyone know what the reggie was?
Cheers.
Jeff
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From: tain scotland
Hi Jeff,
I bought BEWJ from Alan Manns at Fairoaks in June 1996. It was owned I think by one company after David Essex had it. I sold it to a guy in Australia and it was shipped out there in December of 96.
It was an exciting trip from Fairoaks to the North of Scotland, very underpowered and it was a stinking hot June.
I was told by Manns, that at that time, they reckoned it was the lowest time 47 in the world. If I remember correctly, it had only about 850 hours tt. !
It is owned now by Graham Tadgell at Caloundra and used for training mostly. He did a beautiful upgrade on it a few years ago. Good man !
Cheers
I bought BEWJ from Alan Manns at Fairoaks in June 1996. It was owned I think by one company after David Essex had it. I sold it to a guy in Australia and it was shipped out there in December of 96.
It was an exciting trip from Fairoaks to the North of Scotland, very underpowered and it was a stinking hot June.
I was told by Manns, that at that time, they reckoned it was the lowest time 47 in the world. If I remember correctly, it had only about 850 hours tt. !
It is owned now by Graham Tadgell at Caloundra and used for training mostly. He did a beautiful upgrade on it a few years ago. Good man !
Cheers
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Graham was a good engineer but was always a frustrated wannabe pilot! I remember if you asked for the duals to be put in, he would moan but if there was a ferry flight he would always volunteer to put the duals in if he could come!! I think he still has an engineering business on the Sunshine Coast, hope they weren't flooded last week.
