Does anyone know if the "RESCUE" marking on the JetRanger was genuine - if so, what sort of operation was that??
Or maybe it was just a comment on the reliability of the cars.........

Hi skid gear with fairings. You don't see that everyday in a jetranger.

G-BAUN was based at Inverness in those days doing ad-hoc, the rescue sign was probably added for the advert. Is that Paul Gliddon standing in the centre of the three guys on the right?

It does look like Paul....but then that begs the question...rotors turning and Paul outside for a photo shoot?????

I guess the blades were just not tied down, probably for artistic reasons. The a/c didn't have a rotor brake.

Sumburgh Pic
 

TTO
I thing that picture was mid seventies,old hangar still there.

nessboy

you could be right!

The Sumburgh picture was probably taken in either 1976 or 1977 as the second hangar still hadn't been built, or started, yet. The second phase of the terminal is complete, so that might more accurately suggest 1977?

I am the guy unloading the bags in that picture.:)

How are things Nessboy? ;)

Dear old Jack Brannon !! Every time I came home on leave, Jack was on the phone within a few days pleading for help with some pilot shortage! Met up with a few old Bristow faces at a BAH reunion at the Air Museum at Flixton, Suffolk in August 2006, including John Odlin, Marcel Avon, Bob Balls, Dave Winter, John Hall and John Waddington. All looked pretty fit.

Thank you,'forget', for that little treat posted a while back, of HAM's blade cuff!! I thought I recognised it. Hoping to digitise some slides and post them one day!

Middle Wallop 1967!!
 

People have been asking after Gerry Sedgwick and I thought there might be interest in this pic of the BHL instructors at Middle Wallop in '67 where Gerry is back row second from left. The other 'steelies' you will have to work out but what a good looking bunch!!! :ok:


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Mike Norris, 3rd from right Back row?

A cheery bunch...

Interesting pics.

One question, does Tiger = Super Puma?

K12479, yes, Tiger = Super Puma. :ok:

There's a preponderance of suede shoes, chukka boots and fair-isle amongst that group of Wallop instructors. I know most of the faces, but names elude me. Nothing new there then.

Is that Arthur Sharples, front row third from left?

And Pete Frean front row second from the right.

Unbelievable! I went through Wallop on course 173, Oct 1964 to 1965 and I don't recognise a single one of those instructors:sad:

Gerry Sedgwick
 

I flew with Gerry many times from Unst the last being shortly before he retired at the beginning of 1995. Incredibly apart from the addition of a pair of glasses he looked exactly the same as in the picture above.

Some potatoes

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Wish I'd known this was going to happen:ugh: Would have had some cracking shots from the end of 09 when they all lifted into the hover.

a bit grainy but...
 

So the new hangar in Scatsta hasn't been built yet then??? Must be wasting a lot of fuel and pilot hours flying them up and down everyday, unless this was just a photo shoot....

The " official" photo shoot was at Scatsta, but they are all nicely lined up at Sumburgh most mornings.

its only ten minutes to Scatsta if you ignore the landing and taxi-ing bit

Those 92's will never work, hope they still have the odd Super Puma, sorry Tiger lurking in an out house somewhere to take up the strain.

Do look good in the new shiny paint !

Oh dear, Oh dear.

Exactly the same thing was said when the Tiger first appeared and ate MGBs.

Then it was 'keep a 61 on standby just in case'.

It's called growing pains!

And they still have a few 61s just in case:}

Hi,
Hopefully this wont be regarded as too much thread creep... IMHO as a Sumburgh radar controller bod, the BHL S92's appear to have been alot more reliable than the CHC aberdeen equivalent. I've seen maybe the odd day with only 4 or 5 airframes flying out the 6 but this seems very rare. I understand there was initial tail rotor gearbox issues wither water ingress, but this appears to have been remidied. :ok:

G-ANLW now site in a museum in Norfolk on loan from the owner of Sloane Helicopters. I was being restored and had engine runs in the early 90's but the project was stopped. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/norfolk/DSCF0060.jpg

Does anybody have any information on that most wonderful of radio operators from the '80s in Sumburgh, 'Steph'? Australian, rotund (allegedly), and delightful company; she was horrified to discover that Billy J Kramer wore a corset. Don't ask. :suspect:

To watch her running up and down the length of a 61 while some poor eejit was attempting a smooth water landing was hilarious. :D She must be out there somewhere.

BHL at Middle Wallop 1967!
 

Yes, Bootneck, Arthur Sharples third from left!! L to R front row:
Tony Collins (he'd been told to cross his ankles but got confused!), Pete Bramley, Arthur, Doug Batten (Chief Pilot), Dick Sadler, Peter Frean, Graham (Bill) Bailey (sadly killed in the AAC display Team1969).
Back row: Can't remember, Gerry Sedgwick, Ted Blackwell (could add hours and mins quicker than anybody!! Before computers were heard of!!), Mike Norris, John Spreadbury, Can't remember!! Missing - Bryan Shaw (Manager).
Hush Puppies/Chukka Boots were a requirement but you can see that some were out of uniform that day. Happy Hiller days!!

Wallop 1967 photo
 

phive

I think you mean Ted Blackwood standing next to Gerry Sedgewick.

After Gerry sent me on my first solo in January 1979, I had an instructor change: to Ted. Ted had put both his students on review and so he needed a 'new' stude to have a go at! Me! I'll always remember that his pre-flight lesson briefs used to last anything from an hour to two hours - he covered ALL the PoF bits extremely thoroughly! Even the de-briefs lasted at least thirty minutes! If I remember correctly, wasn't Ted the author of the PoF section of the RAF AP3456?

As they used to say "I learnt about flying from that"!!!! :)

bondu :ok:

From the old to the New !!!!!!!!!!!!

I took this of Rene and Ozzy last week in Escravos.

S76 C++
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bondu!
Of course - Ted Blackwood! I couldn't remember if it was ...wood or ...well!! and picked the wrong one! Beg his pardon! Good memories of Ted though!

I spy with my little eye...

http://www.crcshetland.co.uk/gallery...ld.jpg_550.jpg

G-BCLD looking good!

I last saw her in the Falklands in 1989, Any idea how many hours now?

DD

G-BCLD
 

According to G-INFO:
31988 at 31/12/2005 (last Cof A renewal).
C of A expires 07/08/2008.

G-INFO will update then but I would expect it to be around 35000 by now (perhaps someone could update).

LD is the BHL S61 fleet leader in terms of hours. I suppose because the other aircraft of a similar age have been used on SAR for a number of years while LD has always had more intensive use.

S-61's Storage in Sumburgh.
 

Cracking photo off G-LD. Does any one have any more pics off all the S-61's in Storage at Sumburgh.

Thank you....:)

I have photos of Victor Alpha and Hotel Lima kicking about here somewhere. All three were in the hanger when I was there about a month ago.

That would be a crack pic to see Pooks. Its a sad thought but the S-61 days are numbered in the U.k Bristows are selling them all on.

Regards.....:)

I'd appreciate a picture of WK if possible. :ok: I last flew her 18th May 1981, my book says Armstrong, can't remember if that was Steve? :eek:

Bristow S-55 in Ireland
 

:)

This was passed on to me by a friend. It was taken somewhere on the West Coast of Ireland I believe, sometime in the late 60's. I am assuming this by the clothes the people are wearing.

The S-55 behind the IHL A-III EI-ATO seems to registered G-ANFH. Can anyone shed any lght on the aircraft, location and what it was doing there?

Thanks.

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