There are indeed two different Yves, a Le Roi and a Le Roy; both in the helicopter business. Interestingly I know both of them, and Katell is about 50 feet down the hallway from me at Vector Aerospace in Langley - although I am more typically somewhere else in the World! ;)

The Kuala Trengganu Yves Le Roy can be found on Facebook however.

Belated Happy Birthday for Christmas Day!:D

Many of the older ex-Bristow personnel out there who worked in the Far East, except China, during the '70's and '80's may remember Mr. Leong Wai Hoe who worked in the Singapore office for many years. Sadly, he passed away yesterday at aged 84.

I remember him well - good man. Office manager Bob Dunn and the Ocean Park Hotel come to mind - early '70s.

Fate can be strange. I first stayed at the Ocean Park Hotel in 1968, prior to moving to Rumbai/Duri/Kotapinang etc. and places beyond.

Went back to Singapore in 1992 to work and found a house in Dunbar Walk, immediately opposite Ocean Park, in 1968 it was right on the coast, now four high rise blocks of flats, but the bowling ally still survived until about 2002. St Patrick's school still there too but now both school and Ocean Park are about one mile from the coast!

Sorry, don't mean to be irreverent to Mr. Leong Wai Hoe, God rest his soul.

In my day it was all handled by an agent, (name escapes me), very adjacent to Clifford Pier.

'forget' and 'parabellum': Yes, fate can be strange, my first Bristow posting to the Far East was in 1971 when the Bristow hotel was indeed the Ocean Park (now very long gone) out in Siglap - a long way from down-town and the Bristow office which was located in the Eastern Agencies building in Alexandra Road. Another company in this building was the newly-started Heli Orient (before they moved out to Seletar).

Bob Dunn was the Area Engineer while Robin Keith was the Area Manager, the office girls were Trudy and Doreen (Leong Wai Hoe and others came along later).

I don't remember an agent Parabellum, but I do remember the freight handler was a company called Singapore Baggage. Perhaps you're reminisces of Clifford Pier are confused with the Cellar Bar (also very long gone) which was a very popular watering hole almost opposite Clifford Pier.

In later years, the Ladyhill Hotel (also long gone) became the Bristow hotel, I remember being able to get a large pool-side room for just S$39. The bar at the Ladyhill then became a popular Bristow watering hole together with the Beefeater (also very long gone) on River Valley Road. I remember one Bristow engineer marrying a receptionist from the Ladyhill.

Then the location of the Bristow office changed may times but I believe there still is one and it's managed by Catherine.

Transited through Singapore January 1970, the agent referred to was Everett Travel, very close to the Cellar Bar. Sorry to hear about Leong very nice person and most helpful.

Mr Leong
 

Surprised he lasted this long actually. Used to smoke like a chimney and had a dreadful cough when I knew him in the 1980's. Also had a dreadful habit of hooking his seatbelt around the handbrake lever rather than put it on.

Nice chap though and sorry to see him go.

Ah yes! Everetts, dump passport, collect mail and straight down the slope to the Cellar Bar, the mandatory RV at lunctime for crews on time-off!:)

Bristow photos.
 

Where de photos go???? :{

Here you go:- Bristow DPC late 70's early 80'shttp://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...g?t=1262882637

Yves Leroy
 

I knew Yves about 1971 working for Bristow on a Mobil seismic job in Lhoksukon, Aceh, Sumatra. One afternoon he was making a late supply run to the field and got caught in a rainstorm. They lost radio contact with him and were about to send out the other 206 to look for him. Finally he came on the radio and said, "I am following zee Lambretta." In ten minutes or so, he landed safely. He had set down in a field during the storm and was out of radio range. He flew back just above the road. Great guy.

PK-HBF, Bristow Base, Lhoksukon Aceh, Sumatra 1971
 

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CP Bill Pollard, Lhoksukon Aceh, Sumatra 1971 PK-HBF

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Newly arrived Fred Dermarwan being checked out by Bill Pollard. 1971, Lhoksukon, Aceh, Sumatra.

Hi guys

Just want to wish you all a Happy, Safe and Prosperous New Year.

As some of you know, I have finally decided to hang up my flying gloves after some 40 years with Bristow and 22,000 odd flying hours. The "Gods" were kind to me so I decided to quit while I was ahead :ok:

I am now domiciled in Pembrokeshire, in Haverfordwest. (I even remember many years ago BHL had an op based in H'West at Withybush Airfield).

I am still keeping an eye on PPrune to keep me up to date with whats happening in things rotary.

dymuniadau gorau from Cymru

JohnW

Enjoy your retirement. Lots of time now to post 40 years worth of photos.

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Here's another from Dubai (early 80's?).The gentleman on the 212 looks suspiciously like a regular contributor to this thread, but I can't be sure. Taken from next door. Bill Pollard from the pictures above must have been Chief Pilot round about this time?

Unlikely. He was chief pilot Pumas at Aberdeen in 1978 and then took the Pumas to Miri around 1980.

Thanks Alan

During the house move, I just came across 2 years of slides from Iran 69 -71. If I can get them converted to pictures then scan them and remember how to post them, you will have quite a few :ok:

John

John

There are a number of organisations who will scan slides straight onto CD.

Look forward to seeing more of your photos.

TTO

John,

Seems like yesterday (well, maybe the day before yesterday) when you were doing my line training at Aberdeen. I remember being gobsmacked when you line checked me on the flight out to the rig then, after takeoff on the way home, you got out of the right hand seat and went back into the cabin for about 20 minutes to chat with someone in the back leaving me on my own to mind the shop. Oh, happy days when life seemed much simpler.

Rig names such as Waage 1, Sea Quest, Hercules,Zephyr 1 & 2 Transworld 58 jump out of my log book as do other Captains names such as Dick Metcalfe, John Nicholls, Russ Smith, Mike Norris, Ray Elliott + many others from whom I learnt a lot as well as from you.

Have a great retirement.

Best Regards
Hugh

Thanks Hugh

Great to hear from you again. Hmmm. The things we used to do in those days. Levers fully forward - you have control - give me a shout if you have any probs!!

Keep flying those 225's safely.

If you are ever down this way, look me up. Got planty of time on my hands now.

Oh btw, I clocked what I thought was a BIH S61N around Withybush the other day. It didnt stop or I would have hightailed it over there.

John