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EP-HBF again!!
Not Stansted actually - Gatwick!
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Remember George Bedford bringing in a very large Barracuda from offshore Eket. I believe it weighed in at the 80+lb range and almost as long as he is tall. George does have a picture of it.
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Wessex in N Sea
There were a number of Wessex (I believe three) at Gt Yarmouth until replaced by the Bell212 in 1980.
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50lbs actually, but it was as long as I am short!
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Hi Stacey,
I'm shocked to hear about Sammy, I had never heard this up to now. I knew him well in Eket as we used to fly model aeroplanes together, sometimes he came up to PH. You don't have any pictures from the Tharos and Iolair days do you? Looking back I kick myself for not bringing a camera around more often. Take care yourself, Graeme Moir |
Wessex in Denes
I think you are a year out Mike, I recall a cluster of very muddy engineers returning from the middle of a dark Yarmouth fen having recovered Tony English (I think) from an all engines flameout in a WS60 and that was Jan 1981. I operated Feb/Mar 1981 with the 330J and the Wessex were still going then.
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I must dig out my slides from the loft from the Tharos/Treasure Finder days
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Pictures of Tharos days etc
When I can find them, I'll try to scan some pics from my time on Tharos, Claymore A and Treasure finder from the early 80s. It may take a little while though! Watch this space...................... --->
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Mike Bill
Good to have you on the thread. TOD is correct, the Wessex were retired after the Ben Breach G-ASWI accident in 1981 and were replaced by Bell 212s BJJO BJJP and BJJR. JR met its end sadly with Pip Smith and Tony Liston in 1985 during a night Rowan Crew change to the Cecil Provine. |
Rosh,
Nice photos, but did you have 2 S76s there - I see G-BJFL and G-BJGX. |
Barracuda
Grumpy
Nah, 80lbs - you're thinking kilos. Biggest I ever saw. WIII |
Had a passenger turn up once, I think on the Idoho, with a 90kg grouper. There was nearly a mutiny when he realised that as it was frozen it wouldn't fit in the boot so it travelled back to QIT strapped in beside him.
I have only a very few of the first weeks in the Falklands in 1983, this one is on Beauchene Island for a senior officers' picnic. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...aucheneS61.jpg |
Rosh, Nice photos, but did you have 2 S76s there - I see G-BJFL and G-BJGX. We started off with G-BHBF, then Nigerian 5N-BCT lent a welcome helping hand when BF went AOG, before being replaced by G-BJGX, which, in turn was replaced by G-BJFL. Musical airframes! We only had one aircraft on site at a time, except for the odd occasion such as below. G-BJGX arrives, and 5N-BCT is getting ready to head back to Nigeria. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...n/DSC06382.jpg |
90kg Grouper from offshore Eket is now the record in my book, George's barracuda gets second place.
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You guys keep on and before long ol' Moby Dick himself will show up ....was there ever a Captain Ahab in Eket?:E
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No Ahab, but Jonah cruised by a wellhead once in the early 80s with engineers fishing from it - as it passed by, very closely, its eye moved as if fixated on them.
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Hang on, I didn't say I caught it, just transported it....but if anyone remembers the shark's jaws behind the bar at the airstrip that were us. They looked much bigger when still attached to the shark than when mounted.
Now that I've started digging into my shattered memory I seem to recall someone at the time mentioning a 75lb barra which sounds like it must have been George's. Whirlwind, you wouldn't be thinking of a big spotty thing would you? I seem to remember seeing whatever the big veggie shark is. |
Skyweaver
To get access to SkyWeaver try the wayback machine at the link below, the pages can take a bit of time to load but there does seem to be a reasonable selection there :)
Internet Archive Wayback Machine |
Some from my scrapbook - Name those chaps!
Sorry for the lack of quality, but I've just taken a snap of some fairly basic quality photos from a few years ago. When I've got more time, I'll try to scan them properly to improve the quality and replace the ones in this post.
Maybe some of you can provide names to some of the faces. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...dhil_1976b.jpg G-AODA at Redhill in 1976 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...hill_1976a.jpg Kilo Sierra - Redhill FTS 1976 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...hill_1976c.jpg Uniform Kilo - Redhill FTS - 1976 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...20Pics/HP7.jpg HP7 - Redhill FTD 1976 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...co704_1980.jpg Sedco 704 - 1980 ish http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...haros1980a.jpg MSV Tharos - 1980 ish http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...GBCMC_1984.jpg G-BCMC over the Aberdeen Lifeboat - 1982 ish http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...leota1984a.jpg Galeota Point, Trinidad - Xmas 1985 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...leota1984b.jpg Galeota Point, Trinidad - Xmas 1985 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...Pics/GBFER.jpg Echo Rollover - 1980 ish - Claymore Field http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...Pics/GBCMC.jpg G-BCMC - MSV Tharos 1980 - Peterhead Harbour http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...ics/GBBBBP.jpg G-BBBP - Claymore Field - 1980 http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...GaleotaPt1.jpg Galeota Point, Trinidad - 1985 |
Flyer43.
HP7, Steve Hogarth second from left. |
Oldlae
Actually, I was on the course and Steve was also my Best Man a few years later. The others in the frame are, from the left:- Mike(?) White (Didn't complete the course) Steve Hogarth Brian Teeder Dick Ball Bob ?? (Didn't complete the course) Mike Lightfoot It would be nice if one of the other members on the course could confirm the two names I am having trouble with. It would also be nice to get names to faces in the shots from Galeota point, although I can remember a few of them...... I think! |
One more for the pot
A shot of the 4 succesful students from HP7 in 1976. From the left, Mike Lightfoot, Dick Ball, Steve Hogarth, Brian Teeder & Dick Tudor.
The picture was taken as one of the publicity shots when the BHAB started sponsoring students on the Ab Initio CPL(H) courses at Redhill. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l8...0Pics/HP7b.jpg |
Droopy
Yes, I assumed a passenger was heavily attached to the 200 pound Grouper, and not letting go! Don't blame him - bet it fetched a good bit at market. Once upon a time, there was a huge shark circling a workover barge tied up to Ekpe WW - not sure if it was spotted, I couldn't get past the height of the fin once the back finally appeared. My Nigerian copilot was unaware there were shark in those waters - hard to believe, but after he viewed this particular shark he was pretty upset. He got over it. Not sure what kind of whale did the cruise-by but it obviously had an articulated eye, and used it. The engineers were really pleased to have seen it so close by. 75lb barra sounds close enough to George's - I may have that pic in the box - perhaps I'll send it to George. WIII |
Ian Stockly/stockley
Does anyone remember an Ian Stockly/Stockley, early '80's Bristow sponsored trainee ex Occidental North Sea - Flotta Lab Tech?
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Yes, I knew Ian, he left Bristow and went to fly corporate I think. Can't remember where he went though.
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Ian spent some time with KLM ERA at Norwich then joined Air Harrods at Stansted. After a frank exchange of views with a certain very crusty old training captain over sock selection, he departed to pursue his studies in psychology and was last heard of as a boffin with Qinetic at Farnborough advising on matters cerebral. Present whereabouts not known.
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S61-Lima Charlie.
On another thread Phil Kemp posted some photos of LC in its new colours across the pond, this brought back happy memories of my time with it in the North Sea. I remember in the late 70s, when Bristow Sumburgh was going crazy, there was 61's, many 330J's, and we also had frequent visits from the offshore 212's. One Sunday on the afternoon shift, we seemed to have lost one of our engineers, one of the guys thought he probably went back to his suite in the Hotel Annexe, due to the fact he had a long shift the previous day [night], however just before we knocked off for the day, he was found kipping in the forward baggage bay of Lima Charlie !!!!! I wonder where he is now, someone mentioned he was doing PR work for the company, but I think he still might be in the Northern Isles. |
someone mentioned he was doing PR work for the company, but I think he still might be in the Northern Isles. Think you might find the "sleeping arrangements" have been changed for that Certain Engineer for the Northern Isles!:} 3D P.S. I think we may know each other?:ok: |
Flyer 43
Bob Lovell - Bob had an engine failure in a Piper Cub 3 weeks prior to the course starting and crashed into trees at Blackbushe and he had lost his nerve. The instructors worked hard to regain his confidence. They failed. A great loss, he was a great guy. Mike White - was a real Essex "geezer" free spirit and his confidence was too much for some of the instructors. He and I got together at JCB some 30 years later. By that time he was a high time corporate jet jockey, still is. Great guy! Dick Ball got chopped for Ground School "attitude". another free spirit. As expected he did well with BA fixed wing. Mike Lightfoot is a BA 747 Captain Me, I feature in Rosh's night deck landings picture as TRE(LHS) offshore Ghana on the Deep Water Discovery. Nice place - nice operation. Rosh Jaypalan, Steve Martin and Darryl Kelly ensure that the spirit we all so believed in lives on - wonderful young men. They don't moan and groan they just get on with it and have a good time as well. Good luck you HP guys, wherever you are - it is a superb brotherhood/sisterhood. UG:ok: |
Slow internet overseas caused double entry - sorry!
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Lemmy Tanner
Off thread, but I know a lot of his old mates are reading this.
Lemmy Tanner had a glider accident in N.Z. this week. He will recover, but is expected to be in hospital for about 3 weeks. Story here: www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/north-otago/45611/inspectors-visit-glider-crash-site LS |
Galeota Names
In reference to the Galeota photos provided by Flyer43 on posting 758, my limited recollection (happy to be contradicted;)) are:
Mike Holly - Last heard at bMed. ? Clyde LH Das Dave Simpson ? (I should remember but don't, however seem to recollect that his sister became famous later:E) Alistair Hutch. Next photo: Mike Holly (again) Tony Hutchings Eric the greenie's head Dave Simpson's head ? ? ? Eric Smith ? TOD |
Lemmy Tanner
Thanks for the info Lionel. I flew with Lemmy quite a lot in Aberdeen. He did a significant ammount of my line training. Also flew with him in the ASH25 at Aboyne on one occassion.
I hope he makes a speedy recovery. TTO |
I believe there is a Ian Stockley in Den Helder, not sure if it is the same guy thou.
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Lemmy Tanner
One of my Basic Instructors on the "Hiller Killer Oil Spiller". On our last day on Hillers, he flew with me in the morning then jumped in a Cessna 172, flew to Germany to eventually be towed back from Germany in a glider which was a PAIR being towed by the Cessna !! I wish him a speedy recovery - the guy's a bit of a legend and the most patient instructor you will find. I threw him at the ground in an engine off landing and his headset fell off and left him strangled by his throat mike. He said "don't worry, but I'll just pop out and check the tail boom - you have control!" UG:ok: |
Lemmy Tanner
Like UG, and many others, I owe much to Lemmy for my career in flying. Lemmy guided me through a sticky patch in my early flying training on the Hiller (killer oil spiller) and I am eternally thankful for that.
His gliding knowledge used to impinge on helicopter training from time to time. During my CPL/H training on an instrument appreciation training flight in a Bell 47G2, (whited-out lower half of the bubble together with the visor (hood) ) he directed me into the upcurrent caused by stubble being burnt off a couple of thousand feet below us. Even with the lever almost fully lowered I could not prevent the machine from climbing, much to his amusement..... Here's wishing you a speedy recovery Lemmy! |
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/s.../HP7Tanner.jpg
Another Promotional Shot for the BHAB - this time with the "wee feller" Lemmy Tanner. Speedy recovery Lemmy ! UG:cool: |
Another HP course photo
HP9 from December 1977
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...y/Redhill3.jpg Back: Richard Enoch - Bristow ABZ (or Scatsta?) Bill Clarke - BA 777 Ian McDill - ?? (BAH) Richard Verrall - BA 777 (BAH) Front: Simon Risley - Cathay Graham Morley - Bristow ABZ Mike Trotter - Retired!! Nick McDonald-Gibson - Bristow Far East? Martin Wheatley - BA 777 (BAH) Peter Kynsey - Thompsonfly Alan Kerr - BA 747 Richard McKay BA 777 (BAH) |
Excuse the minor thread-creep here but I was surprised to read the info above and it made me curious to know: was it an on-going thing with the R/W training courses back then for so many people to go on to BA? (or, more accurately, to go to F/W?). Come to think of it; is it still common for people to do that, with all the conversions / additional training / loss of seniority presumably involved?
Cheers, BM |
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