The montage pic looks like a 204 nearest to camera?

Durban Ops
 

I started that op in 1971 I think it was with an Alouette318c Astazou,the 316B from the Cape Town operation having crashed in Wellington on the way to De Aar due to a tail rotor piano wire failure.
The aircraft that crashed off Durban was a Whirlwind with Grant and Jonny Cler as crew as far as I remember. It sucked a gopher into the intake while hovering over the ship.
Brian Mangen and I started the Durban ship servicing.
Poor old Lappies died a few years ago. Dropped dead on an exercise run I seem to remember

Griffo

Is it not Bell 212 G-BIXV?

I think Griffo is referring to the aircraft on the right outside the Trinidad hangar which does indeed look like a 204.

Nope.....tis a 205......a 204 only had a single window in the door....and not the small window in the short door. The camera lens must be distorting the image a bit to "shorten" the aircraft. It also has a round nose (no radome). Compare it to the 212 behind it.


http://ts4.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.48910...05647&pid=15.1

Was the 205 available in different sizes then? This one looks smaller than some of the othersv(204 size). I've no idea, they were before my time.

Tail,

The progression was 204, 205, 212,214, 412.

The 204 had a single window in the cabin door.....due to the much smaller cabin size and layout.

The others have two windows in the cabin door and a window in a Short Door.

Trinidad
 

I was at Galeota for the first 3 months of 1975, with the late Dick Davisson and Ernie, 9Y-TEI is definitely a 205, the image is distorted by the photo montage join. Graham Conway was with the two 204's awaiting John Snow. I well remember the drive to Port 0f Spain with Nobby Clarke every few days drinking beer and throwing out the empty bottles.

G-AYNP - Alistair Macleans Hostage Tower
 

Any guys flew and supported G-AYNP on the production set of this movie and got autographs from the lovely Maud Adams and Bitt Ekland?

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps024e9924.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps470b5af9.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...psdde9056c.jpg

Cheers

B204 recognition.
 

Apart from The single[big] sliding door window,the 204 had the TR on the LH.
Most[iirc] 205's had the TR on the RH[as per pic].

204
 

I didn't realise it was several pics mashed up :cool:
I have flown the 205 but couldn't work out the windows...
Thanks Sas, at least I never got shot at in one :ok:
Back to my rock and the 139.....

BTC.....if you flew later model aircraft they did.:E

204
 

Also a flat bulkhead at the face of the main pylon. Very clear when you look at the mast.

I cannot believe you call yourselves helicopter pilots and don't know the difference between a Bell 204 a205 and a 212
Try reading up or ask SASless!!!

Just to clear up any confusion!


http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a.../Bell204-5.jpg




.......and this is a.............?


http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/a...00/bellsky.jpg

S76B205 :ok:

Why didn't somebody make that? It would have taken over the world.

They are. Bell is already marketing it.

Isn't it going to be called the 525 Relentless?

Terminus mos....you beat me to it! A stretched 414ST.

If you cannot recognize a Bell 204/205/212 or an S-76 Stretch......well....it does make one wonder where you got your training!