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Redhill 1989:
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...edhill1989.jpg Bournemouth: http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z.../1036456F1.jpg |
She's Seen a Bit!
Tirana Albania
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...2satTirana.jpg Men With Guns! Kosovo http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...ltTraining.jpg Chittagong, Bangladesh http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z...w/psn00001.jpg |
What's the blister on the nose, weather radar?
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Yes. Weather radar.
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She is still the main machine,got some photo`s during tail boom change today,will pos
:) Try glass cockpits out here!!!
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"out here" - out where? where in the world is she currently?
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Elle est au Mauritanie, non?
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Its got glass bits!!
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/P6200109.jpg
R De Castro in Mauritania Jun 06 |
Someone's nicked the Decca DANAC: but the radar looks familiar ;)
Any starters for how many hands here have held those twist grips? :ok: |
These photos were sent to me last July by UWAT, but didn't get hosted at the time :ugh:
http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...BALZ+1_001.jpg http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...ia_008_001.jpg http://www.eacott.com.au/gallery/d/3...BALZ+3_001.jpg UWOT's description: Again enclosed G-BALZ and its old mate G-BFER Mauritania 2006 and they're still there !!! The 412 replacement due January never materialised: well it was Tyreburst who said they were coming !! By the way I also can remember G-BALZ in the BEAS green because I worked on her in the Brent 77 to 79 along with G-BBBP. but the little yellow BEAS sticker seems to be missing from the C Box intake area. If memory serves she has about 28000 hrs TT now UWOT |
Was it G-BALZ in 1976/77 who used to wake us Anderson High School Students up at about 0715, about half an hour before the wake up alarm sounded, in the Janet Courtney hostel in Lerwick?
Could never get back to sleep after that!! Cursed her many times!! Chris |
I think you're right. She was working off the Viking Piper at the time.
After listening to her at the JCH, I worked on her for many years. :) Maybe I'll get my scanner working, I know I have a ton of pictures of her over the years. |
G-BALZ and its old mate G-BFER Mauritania 2006 and they're still there !!!
G-BFER is in bits at Shawbury and will reappear as a military machine at a future date. It will replace the the Shawbury aircraft (ZJ969 ex VR-BEJ, EP-HCZ, G-BGLJ, 5N-AJX, 9Y-TIJ) which went to Belize to replace ZJ965 (s/n 31170 ex 9V-BMG,G-BJGU,5N-ALS,G-BJGU) which crashed last year.
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The end of an era
The desert wind brings tales that LZ has been sold, off register. Not confirmed.
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Just out of curiosity, would there be any original bits left from when it left the factory?
Mac |
Name plate?
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Name plate? |
G-BALZ sold - what's the betting it's gone to these chaps? ;)
http://www.eaglecopters.com/mainframe.htm |
I found this on a recent visit to the Unst museum (the old school in Baltasound) looks like it was taken in the '80s
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o...tabout1980.jpg |
some of you might find this interesting:
GINFO Registration History | Aircraft Register | Safety Regulation http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BALZ.pdf Still appears to be registered to BHL unless anyone knows different!? |
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