What was St. Kilda used for? Am I right in thinking its a million miles off the west coast?

Thanks for pointing out my mistake there. Must stop drinking and posting at the same time!

Apologies to both Ian , and John Bell!

Great pictures though HOGE (all the more interesting having recognised some of the places & some of the people). Do you have any more?

Here's an assortment.

Somewhere in the East Shetland Basin.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl014.jpg

Somewhere in the Falklands.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl015.jpg

WK at Biggin Hill

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl016.jpg

Mike Crabb taxying EJ at North Denes

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl017.jpg

Mike Langford somewhere in Spitzbergen

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl018.jpg

Think we are picking up ice..:eek:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl019.jpg

About to undersling a Squirrel that had hit the wires.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl020.jpg

MY in the Falklands

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...E61/bhl021.jpg

EP-HAM!
 

Good memories of that Gnome 204 really, and good to see the photo of her on floats! That aircraft was also based at Zagross ('70/'71) but of course floatless. Most memorable flight was from T1 (7000') and very cold wearing a thick jacket, to go down to Ahwaz were it was +40C and trying to get the jacket off whilst strapped in and before I melted!

phive, A little treat for you. An actual T/R Blade Cuff from EP-HAM. No joke and Really. :) Beat that for triv!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/204.jpg

Sadly not Bristow anymore!
 

G-BFRI in BIH colours:

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1086102M.jpg

Some blasts from the past !!! - taken at North Denes

Wessex G-AZBY http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1021562/

Wessex G-ATBZ http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1043067/

Bell 212 G-BJJO http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1080932/

Operating with Bristows fleet as well at various stages were
Management Avn

G-BFAG S58ET http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1036502/

G-BAMF Bo105 http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1036503/

Enjoy

P.s. Can some one send me a link to explain how I can load photo's direct onto a reply ?

Ta:rolleyes:

Biggles1049,

There is a very good thread, How to post Photographs which I have made a sticky at the top of this forum for a week or two :ok:

Senior pilot

Many thanks for the info - here are the three photo's - all taken at North Denes in the mid 1970's

http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1080932M.jpg


http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1043067M.jpg


http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1021562M.jpg


http://www.abpic.co.uk/images/images/1036502M.jpg

Biggles

Not taken in the mid 70s, well, not all of them anyway. The picture of Bell 212 BJJO shows it parked on the "new" North Denes ramp area which was not constructed until 1989. G-BJJO (along with G-BJJP and G-BJJR) was purchased new in late 1981 to replace the Wessex aircraft contracted to Amoco after they were grounded due to the fatal accident which befell G-ASWI in 1981 off Bacton.

Thanks for the pix though.

Caught my artistic side today...(shame the fuel truck pulled up just as I took it!)

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ll/23jan08.jpg

The fatal accident was Ben Breach I believe, if so, Westland attributed the accident to Ben flying into the sea which BHL didn't accept, any thoughts now?

Oldlae

I would absolutely refute that Ben Breach just "flew it in" since he made a "mayday" call and said "ASWI - Engine Failure - ditching". Ben then held the PTT button open until the end to give as many clues as possible.

The Bristow version was that the centre shaft running up to the MGB probably failed causing an overspeed shutdown (double engine shutdown) and that for some reason the auto went wrong at the bottom. Could it have been damaged hydraulics leading to a loss of control at the bottom?

I will never forget that terrible day in 1981. I don't think they ever recovered the wreckage from the shifting sands in that area.

As good as the old Wessex could be at times, it was a good decision to ground the fleet and replace them all for commercial operations.

S76 G-BJFL Ferry. Istanbul - London
 

Some pics (slideshow) taken while ferrying G-BJFL from Istanbul to Redhill, in August 2007. The aircraft had already been ferried from Kazakhstan to Istanbul (which is where I joined in).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7vH92lE8hY


En-Route. Parked at Bastia, Corsica.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01066.jpg

Good to see you are enjoying life outside the North Sea. When are you heading to the Southern Hemisphere ?

From The G-balz Thread
 

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...BALZ+1_001.jpg

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...ia_008_001.jpg

http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...BALZ+3_001.jpg

G-CEOR Airtesting and Ferry
 

G-CEOR S76C++ October 2007

Having been shipped from the U.S.A. and modified at Alan Mann, Surrey, G-CEOR required some airtesting and ferrying to Aberdeen for a coat of paint, before finally being shipped to Malaysia.

Surprised to be welcomed by some familiar faces at Alan Mann (ex-Bristow Redhill Main Hangar engineers)


Geoff Steward and Steve Higgins balancing the TR

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01639.jpg


Lee Scott Jones elbow deep.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01644.jpg


Left to Right: Steve Moakes, Steve Menham, Geoff Steward and Andy Hall.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01645.jpg


Ready to fly.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01648.jpg


En route to Aberdeen

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01652.jpg


Pulled over at Teeside.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC01654.jpg


Warmer Climate. Reunited with the machine in Malaysia. Now 9M-SPV and looking all shiny!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC02230.jpg

Nice pics rosh, she looks sooo dam clean in her new paint, very nice:ok:

Steve Moakes, Steve Higgins, Andy Hall, Leigh Scott-Jones!:)

Might be time to stop for a beer around Fairoaks..:rolleyes: