Steve Medlin......ah yes....indeed!

Perhaps he should have stuck to the tea and post.:rolleyes:

Scanned from "Airliner World" December 2008
 

Khasab 1980
 

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...1980VR-BDX.jpg
VR-BDX

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...0Hookingup.jpg

Hooking up. Ron Moxham underneath while I stood by idly taking pictures. No change there then.

G-BCLC
 

There are some interesting pictures of what Carson's are doing to ex-Lima Carlie on the "Life in the old girl yet (S-61)" thread.

Alan

ref your last picture of VR-BDX why is the cowling around the main gearbox missing?

Missing cowlings
 

TTO,

To save weight. The TRDS covers, the xmsn-driven Stby Generator, most if not all of the pax seats and the P2 seat (if not reqd) went the same way. Occasionally the pax doors would go too. We toyed with taking off the engine cowlings but they had firewires on them so we drew the line at that.

All so it could get off the ground with me in it!:) Some of the locations we flew into were 'hairy' to say the least and we wanted to be as light as possible.

.....all that and that was before you blossomed to all your current glory!

Khasab 1980
 

This is the last of them. Well actually there's loads more but this thread can only take so many pictures of the same aircraft....

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...TypicalPad.jpg
One of the more interesting pads we flew into.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...owwithload.jpg
Positioning a 3-pole on the Bukha side of Fine Peak.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...ypicalload.jpg
Another 3-pole being held in position while the ground crews secured ropes to hold it in place after we'd let go.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...BDLTristar.jpg
Back in Dubai for Christmas 1980. 'DX, 'DL and a passing Gulf Air Tristar.

Alan, Great photos, I was surprised to see DL on wheels, do you know why it wasn't on floats? Didn't you take over DPC about that time?

Has Dave Edwards Bristow site gone? Tried to access today, but nothing. Anyone in touch with him to keep it going?

Bristow 50th site
 

I can confirm it was there just a few days ago so it might just be a temporary problem.

I've just googled it and all you can get is a cached copy of the site dated 21 November. Tim Collins was supporting it at one time, perhaps the credit crunch has kicked in.

Hello fellow ppruners, i'm a Duri native - which we like to call a Durian - and i was wondering for those who have more old Duri photos just to remember the old times. My dad worked for Caltex Aviation and Travel (Aviatrav) dept back then....

Cheers...

Welcome tawibowo, I was at Duri 71/72. What's happening there every square inch of the concession must have been drilled by now?

Oldlae,

Ref 'DL on wheels - no idea. Maybe Mr Shilling can cast some light as he was at DPC at the time. Stace? And no I didn't take over DPC. When the Khasab job was running down in Jan '81, they plucked me out and sent me to Duri. Sh*tty job but somebody had to do it.;)

Selemat pagi Tawibowo dan apa kabar?

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...upof205206.jpg
Caltex Duri hangar & fleet on a quiet Sunday in 1984. Looking at Google Earth it would appear that the hangar is still there but the 'hill' has been built over.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...nthehangar.jpg
A bit of work going on. I believe the legs belong to Chris Tait.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...teCawthorn.jpg
It wasn't all work. This is me, Iain Smith, Pete Cawthorne and Mrs B having a silly hat competition on Pulau Rawa in 1984.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...veAtkinson.jpg
Graham (Boots) Conway and the late lamented Dave Atkinson in Duri.

'DL' was on wheels in '78' working up in the Hajar mountains at the back of Dubai when I first arrived there in June that year, we were flying geologists and drill rigs around, bit difficult on floats!!, pilots were Martin Bull and 'The Glove' Alan Price.
I believe the transition from floats to wheels took place early 78, there was another '55' there when I arrived (cant remember the reg) that was still on fixed floats.

Alan

I disagree. Your pictures are fascinating & backed up by interesting commentary & anecdotes from arguably BHLs heyday. Do keep them comming.:O

Mr R
www.skyweaver is back up again now.

Abu Dhabi 1973/4
 

A small avalanche in the attic yesterday evening revealed this selection.....

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...l212VR-BEJ.jpg
Bell 212 VR-BEJ shut down offshore. This aircraft is currently in Belize with FBHeliservices as ZJ969. Pushing 30K hours.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...BDarSpalty.jpg

Bell 212 VR-BFB shut down on the same platform with Dar Spalty.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...lDarSpalty.jpg

Abu Dhabi. The late Alfie Hill assuring Dar Spalty that he (Alfie) is a good chap.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l3...bi1974FWHC.jpg

An old licensed engineer. Serious shades or what?

Alan,

Dave Adams recently told me that Dar Spalty has died of cancer in the past few months.

Bought some model aeroplane tools (thats my fetish!!) from Dar Spalty a couple of years ago here in AUH, never knew he was an ex Bristow chappie, we should all wear that on our sleeves, best Company ever, and I say that unasamedly? (correct spelling?:)

Stace