....and a few people pics of which we may have seen a couple before but were left in my "to post" folder.

Being useless at remembering names I will not embarass myself by guessing them all wrongly!

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The first picture is of Alan Green (original ops director) & Clive Wright.

The third picture is of Tim Collins, some politician, & Mike Wood.

Unless I am totally wrong (which I might be at the grand old age of 63), I think the 4th picture is of "Johnny" Johnson, my first Chief Pilot in Bristows.

When I got married in 1969, Johnny flew me and the Mrs away from our reception in a Jetranger "borrowed" for the day.

I wonder whether Johnny is still with us

John Whale

I've got a few hours in HAM (Mss Piggy) but either don't remember or never knew that guy walking away from that fine aircraft.

Hi John
I think you are right about that last photo being Johnny Johnson, especially if he had a bad stammer. I met that Johnson in 1974 in Doha when he was the manager of Gulf Helicopters. Decency prevents me from saying more!:ok:

When I was in Teheran in 1968 there was a South African engineer in town on time off from the Zagross operation who looked a bit like the guy in the photo. Johnny Johnson did my 206 conversion in Khorramshahr in March '68 and I'm sure he was a lot older than the chap in the photo?

Definately Johnny Johnson..seen here in the left seat of G-SOLY during a test flight and featured for flight international.

1979 | 3657 | Flight Archive

That South African engineer was probably a Rhodesian called Don Murray, we were in the RRAF together. He was my best mate and died in Jedda in about 1969/70.

real glad you posted that article on the bell 47, remember reading it once and wishing I'd kept it but have now been able to print off yours. Happy days!

My guess is that 42 years ago he would have appeared alot older than perhaps he was ;). When I arrived in Aberdeen I thought Terry Young was old - I now realise he was younger than I am now! :uhoh:

Bolkow I'm glad you enjoyed the article...just a small piece of UK helicopter history that JJ was involved in. :ok:

Jeez! JJ it is then, makes me wonder just how old I looked in those days!:)

.....and a couple of early Aberdeen I guess....lots of tractors in those days!

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They obviously didn't bother with immersion suits in the old days, did the passengers have life jackets?

I resent the queen of the skies being called a tractor :*

Hi Dave

It must have been pre Lee Smith ditching in "HN" as there are no mods to be seen on the S61N from the photo

Reference Immersion Suits, I can't remember. Senility strikes again. I know when I started flying the S61N in Aberdeen in 1973, it was shirt sleeve order. Nothing until after Lee's ditching and then there were those horrendous flotable orange jackets. Mustang was it? I do remember the pax had to come and pick up their own cases though

Looking through my logbook, I see the names of my Co-Pilots then. - Mike Green, John (101) Allerton, Jerry Wright, John McGregor, Kit Chambers, Alan (The Glove) Price, Mike Kennedy, Peter Barnes but to name a few.....



JohnW

Hey Parabellum

I note you leave your age off. Thats not fair. We are all getting older!!!

Are you sure it was March 68 that JJ did your 206 conversion cos I just checked with my logbook and he did my line check on 20th April 1968 in Ws55s3 G-APRW in TanTan, Morocco

Now wouldnt your motto be more impressive if it was

Cha togar m' fhearg gun dìoladh

Best wishes from Wales

JohnW

Russ Smith?

Russ Smith's ditching was in G-AZNE. I have heard the story of the G-BBHN ditching though.

Tip Cap - John, JJ was only visiting Iran to do conversions to the 206 as he was one of the few TREs then, he signed me off on March 24th so could easily have been in Morocco a month later, he was quite famous for his expenses I seem to remember!;)

Don't think your motto would look so good on a Black Watch cap badge somehow, but would be equally relevant!

No, don't put my age up, (was 69 last week), I used to fancy older women but now I fancy younger women!:)