What about the 135s?

Which ones? There are none in Nigeria right now, and CHL don't own any

I think there´s one already.

Can't see the lowlevelflight post although it shows in the thread list. Anybody know why ?

NEO

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it looks like Pas is going to operate the 135s

Maybe my eyes are going but I can't see a registration?

Is that a Bristow logo on top of the fenestron?

Hard to tell. That looks like the Bristow ramp.

NEO

I would say so.

Yep, PAS 135 with crew covering until Bristow is up and running. Ultimately it will be 135’s and S76D’s out of Escravos


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135's....76's....92's......ah how does one not miss the days of the clapped out old 212's that left service as scrap only to be bought...rebuilt...and put back into service with by another Operator.

How long will it take for this latest fleet to wilt under the Nigerian Environment?

I would think most decks are way below the 135 D Value! Built for 206s

H135 D-12.16m B-206L 12.11 m = 2 inch. longer

More like Bell 47J’s which were the original aircraft flying the Okan fields. It’s just a matter of getting the bucket of paint out and adjusting the rating accordingly :}

True - I actually deleted my reference to 47s

Yeah I believe 212man was actually referring to the deck weight rating which has miraculously increased each decade they have spent in the water

There is no much weight difference either.

I did the tender back in 2010 or so, my concern was the 135 clamshell doors so access ftom the back on the jackets was interesting….

Thread drift for a moment...........

Back in 99/00 I did a few months' night standby for Chevron in a 212. Drinking Coke in Mama Lulu's drew attention !

They used us for the large platform crew changes before letting us go back to Warri in the mornings. Landing on the jackets was actually demanded by a particularly obnoxious Aviation Supervisor who seemed to have an axe to grind with Bristow. He was so insistent our fairly Gung Ho MD had to go to Lekki to get him to lay off.

NEO