Assuming there is no more S300 flying from Biggin, does anybody know where the nearest place it to get an LPC ?
Shoreham ?

I think Cabair have a Schweizer based at Biggin and Blackbushe.

Blackbushe is the closest (if in london) for the 300, I have only ever seen R22's at Cabair at Biggin. Maybe Heliair at Denham .. But again I think its
mainly R22's ..

Cabair do indeed have a 300 at Biggin, but at the moment its on maintenance.

I was due to do some LPCs on it about 2 weeks ago week but we cancelled them due weather.

So they can be done at Biggin Hill if necessary.

Thanks all.
I am not in a hurry so will wait until the Cabair machine comes back on line
TB

good to know !

Latest news emerging from this is that the school's aircraft have been impounded by the airport authority due to unpaid debts.

Biggin Hill Helicopters - Monies Owed...
 

Just to report, American Express upheld our claim for monies owed to us by BHH and awarded the chargeback in full. Interestingly, the investigator at AMEX confirmed that they had paid out another customer who had bulk bought lessons.

AA...

Helicopter days
 

I've just spoken with someone from Helicopter days and apparently they are no longer doing trial lessons/SFH anymore. The guy I spoke to said they were moving and a new company were coming in (Not sure what this company will be doing exactly)

What about all the people that have bought flight vouchers the last few months? This company should be ashamed of itself.

Making a claim
 

Like a twit paid for bulk in cash, does anybody know if there is anybody putting in a claim against the company and if so how have they done it and how has it turned out?

Heli80,

If they owe you cash, put your claim in NOW (via SCC as described earlier).
Don't wait for somebody else to win their claim first as this will simply mean there is less left for you.
Make sure that the administrators/receivers also know that you have a claim.

I have been through this before (not in this industry) and it is important to get an aggressive claim in quickly.

Good luck
TB

This all answers a few questions. I took a hop with Tony in BHH's grey 500 before it was destroyed, and went back to check out the machines they subsequently bought in Hawaii. Once the first black one was refurbished, I took another hop with Bill, worked out a deal to block buy 100 hours in it so that I could train, paid a 3k cash deposit and went off to get myself sorted out with the time I needed to take off and to round up the balance of funds. It took longer than expected, and last Summer when I called in to see the guys at BHH, all of the prefab offices were gone (along with the adjacent cafe), there was no-one at the hangar, and their mail was sitting outside the door to their hangar offices in a big pile.

I'm gutted. The guys seemed fantastic, Bill and Tony seemed very, very nifty in the 500, there was plenty of enthusiasm, and it seemed like a small and friendly operation that suited my needs to a 'T'. There was even a club arrangement that allowed me to use the 500. The missing 3k is bad enough, but I don't know what I'm going to do about training now. BHH ticked all of the boxes.

Is that it then? Are the Lowrys gone for good, with BHH finished forever?

BHH are definately not operating anymore and havent been for a while. Last time I contacted Bill he was in Spain (Couple of weeks ago). I understood he was started up an operation there. I've been chasing the Helicopter days guys for the past month or so as they owe me money. They are not at Biggin anymore. The chasing continues........

does anyone know the current situation at Biggin Hill?

300 available
 

Bournemouth helicopters have a 300 CBi

H300
 

There is a 300 at Cabair Biggin

Just noticed this website;

http://www.skycharteruk.co.uk/index.html

Is that the old BHH hangar they are moving into?

Secondly, just being curious but what happened to the BHH helicopters? Any idea where they are now? They all seem to be registered still.

I did my first three hours of rotary flying in G-JAMA.

tonge

Oh dear, not again...
 

Rumour has it, it's the same people that were running Hughes Helicopters Ltd/BHH/Helicopter days....

me thinks their web site needs upgrading sheffield is closed and they cant spell sherburn in elmet [t] and i also thought that hields was the only heli company at sherburn