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Turkmenistan 2008

July 2008
Some pics taken while operating 2 S76A++ out of Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, servicing the Caspian Sea.

2 x S76A++
(EZ-S703 - Helicopter Resources machine, and EZ-S704, formerly G-BJFL)

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And a cat.

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On the pan.

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Caspian coastline.

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Shutdown on the Mopu

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Shutdown on the Trident 20

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Return to Turkmenbashy

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Rotors turning on the Explorer

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On the way back to base. Turkmenbashy on the coast, Petronas oil refinery in the foreground.

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Lee Burnett and myself keeping cool. OAT at Turkmenbashy 45oC. In the capital Ashkabad it was 52oC.

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Try to say that quickly 5 times! Translates to Turkmenistan Airlines, Bristow's joint venture partner in Turkmenistan.

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Sleeping on the job again! Another day at the sharp end.

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And here was me thinking you were turning my aircraft round....:)

He was........to get the sunset in at the right angle!!

Finally recovered this pic off my old computer - Scatsta 2003, typical Oct weather.

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And one of the mother ships - think it's TBIC

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That last photo has clearly been doctored.

No one is ever going to believe that the wind was actually blowing down the runway at Scatsta. Please re-post the photo with the wind sock in the correct orientation (90 degrees to the runway centerline). Thank you

Maybe they need the hanger space?

S61s at Sumburgh

What a beautiful sight of the S61s in the hangar at Sumburgh. They look as good as new, a credit to Bristow Engineering. Made me feel quite nostalgic.

"I'm filling up Tommy".:D

bet the bristow hangar won't look like that in six months:rolleyes:

Added pictures of G-BGWK and G-BGWJ pictured out side the Bristows Hanger a couple of weeks ago.

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1975 Bristow S55 London Gatwick (LGW)

Normally, I wouldn't intrude, especially when the picture is a lot less than the standard normally posted, but it is hopefuly of some historical interest
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Hello Bristow people...Anglia radar here.....so where has G-BXZS gone to....its not the one off to Ghana is it.
Great pics of the EC155....nice to see them for real instead of a wee dot on the radar tube!!!!
So...you guys were taking pics in the CLP area today.....I know...its a big area....but any chance of seeing any of those pics.....

opssys,
Looks like g-aynp taking off for Redhill after contract in South Africa.

Well what do you know!! I did my WS55 conversion on the same aircraft in early 1979 before heading off to Duri.

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Oldlae.

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Looks like g-aynp taking off for Redhill after contract in South Africa

I bow to your superior knowledge, for me it was an unnexpected 'target of opportunity' hence the poor quality shot, not helped by being scanned from a 30+ year old print of even more dubious quality.

However it confirms my 'outsider view that Bristow Machines (and therefore their crews) tend to have 'interesting lives;.

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From Leigh Bannister - Aircraft Engineers Bulletin Board
To the many friends he had around the world, some sad news. Leigh Bannister died on Friday 29th Feb after a short illness in Nigeria.

Leigh had over 30 years employment in Bristows, he was 54.

A great loss.

Leigh posted some photos here last year. I don't know if I'm allowed to out the deceased or not but look for pictures taken in Bulgaria & Nigeria (page 6 of this thread). I worked with him in Unst. He was a good engineer & great company.

Good old Leigh, Third shot of Posting 83. Sad loss to us all.

TOD

The picture of G-AYNP at Gatwick 'after contract in South Africa' is not the aircraft that was in Durban, sadly that one went for a very long swim in the Indian Ocean one night,and was never seen again!

Crew were O.K. picked up after many hours in the water.