Nice picture!
 

Nice close up of the 225. Now i'll be seriously impressed if someone has a snap of G-BKFN's fly by on its last revenue trip...as i recall no one told engineering it was "incoming!".

Can't remember if this was it's last revenue flight, but was certainly very close to it. Taken on 20 Apr 2007.


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I think this is a BHL 212 on the left in a non standard colour scheme.
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/p...um/9790873.jpg
the photos is titled
Helicopter ramp and Old Bristow Hangar at Khark Airport

& is from Panoramio - Photo of Helicopter ramp and Old Bristow Hangar at Khark Airport

Comments anybody?

Is that Khark also known as Kharg in the Persian Gulf?

If so, used to be the plum Bristow posting, week on, week off, families in Tehran etc. and you could see the rigs from the heliport!

Took the first AB206 in Iran into there one day whilst doing a round trip to Lavan, one of the engineers used to working on the Series III Whirlwind, (dozens of grease nipples in the rotor head), looked at the 206 rotor head and said, "I can see unemployment staring me in the face"!

Both Those 212's belong to Abu Dhabi Aviation, the photo was taken approximately three years ago before the USA put pressure to withdraw from Iran.

Stacey
(ex-Chief Engineer)

42 years ago on Das Island, and me 21 years old.....there were 53 grease nipples to be tweeked on each S55/3 rotorhead on the daily inspection....those were the days!!
As they were the only nipples available for tweeking on Das.

Tony,
There are only 41 nipples on the WS55/3 rotorhead, 13 on each blade mechanism and one on the azimuth star and one on the scissors, I think you have included the T/R and the TRDS nipples.
And possibly the u/c grease points.

Aircraft names!
 

I think that two S58Ts were named Castor and Pollux when being prepared at Redhill. The trouble was that the signwriter spelt Pollux the 'other' way and had to repaint!!! :O

Kharg (Khark) Photo
 

Mmmmm ....


......Stacey
(ex-Chief Engineer)


Yeah so sorry to hear about that (whilst I was on leave too!).
:(


You still gunna be around for a catch up in Van 8 in 2 weeks time??

Red Hill
 

You did a good job by showing all pic and most important, the fond memories. I was in Hong Kong 1 course when the school suffered the first down time in 92. Have you got any of our pic! many Thanks, West WU

Kharg (Khark) Photo
 

Thanks. I thought it might have been this aircraft but on closer inspection it is not. Incidentally why the white nose? Is it to keep the avionics cooler? If so why not ose it elsewhere in hot climates?

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The story behind the white noses.

Phil Johns our Avionics LAE held a strong view that a white nose would keep the avionics and perhaps, more importantly, the NiCad battery cooler.

He placed thermo sensitive strips under the black nose and took measurements in the summer. We then painted one nose white and took readings. The ravages of 'gin and time' deny me the ability to remember the difference, however we did paint the others white after analysing the results.

We, in fact, didn't carry too much in the way of avionics in the nose as they were unstabilised ships (straight rods) and panel mounted KX175 VHF Nav Comms. Nevertheless, we did think at the time they looked "cool" UG:cool:

Bristows, a blast from the past
 

Someone on a modelling forum has discovered these and put up the link.......

Lot of images and interesting to boot....... Enjoy

Skyweaver photos - Photobucket Groups

I always got a kick out of seeing this one hung up on the wall in Redhill.....and part of the Bristow Calender.

Shot by Gunter Burmeister in Iran many Moons ago....of all the days... he took this one when I was wearing shoes. Usually shoved me rice paddy go fasty's under the seat until I got out.

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Bristow Photos
 

I remember that Alouette well at Agha in 1972/3. I was mainly with the other one at Zagross with the first 212 (S/No. 30504) which we left in Iran when we did a runner. Great foto!!

More Redhill pilot courses - Thanks Capt Beattie
 

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That would be this one EP-HBJ ex VR-BEG:

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As I recall from the BHL book it was part way through a check so was left.

Were any other aircraft left behind? I recall something about a couple of jetrangers????

John French
 

Hello Oldlae,

I wonder if you can help me - I am trying to trace an old friend with whom I lost contact many years ago. His name is John French, and would be aged around 65 now. I know he was working as a helicopter pilot for Bristows Helicopters around the late sixties/early seventies, and your reference is the first I have found which might be hopeful.

If you can help in any way I would be most grateful.

Kind regards,

Chris

John French
 

sorry everyone - I haven't got the hang of this yet, and thought I was replying only to the sender of the post (Oldlae). Since what I send seems to be seen by all, can I please widen my appeal, and ask if anyone has news of John French? As stated in my previous post he worked as pilot for Bristows Helicopters in the late sixties and early seventies, and I would love to get back in touch with him.

Many thanks in advance.