Pic #1409

Second from right - Dave Sackville
Third form right - Jim Mills

How's it going in SE Asia boys? :)

Jim has retired..bad knees and hips...
Dave S I think is still in Kerteh Malaysia

Winching an engineer and parts onto the Jack Bates.

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The best way to see Karratha, (behind you.)

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Another offshore unservicability, on the Nan Hai VI

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P1

Brings back memories of rescuing an S76 that wouldn't start, offshore Malaysia, struggling to get an aircraft battery, starter generator and tools from that cage thing suspended from the rig crane onto a supply boat that was riding a twenty foot swell!!
I was clinging for dear life onto the outside of that basket wondering whether my life insurance would pay out if I died that day. Then, after struggling again to get all the bits from supply boat, onboard the cage at the neighbouring rig we finally reached the stranded aircraft, pushed a circuit breaker back in!!!!!!!! .....and flew back to base.

A few more tigers....

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Thank God, current health and safety regulations prevent engineers from wearing shorts on the line!

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No info regarding following S58 pics.
Early Aberdeen I guess and Alan Bristow?

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Redhill Engineering Training School

Turned out some dam good engineers!

Names / anecdotes anyone?


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Redhill Engineering Training School
 

:)
Yep, I can tell you exactly who that is

No5 Entry Tech Trainees

In the foreground John Cotton is instructing Ross Brooker, Steve Davies and Jerry Lane, and in the background on the Gearbox is Eoin Harcus, Joe Bowell and Barney Graham ... all top blokes.
Picture was posed (me.. working on a gearbox!!!???!!!! I think not !!!) and is 1979 or 1980 vintage. (Look at Baby face Brooker !):ok:

Hope they spot that overtorqued exhaust duct before it goes back on-wing :eek:

Then again, it could be Dan-Dare at Lashup and not Redhill ;)

Redhill Engineering Training School
 

Further to Dave's picture, here's the same group pictured in 1983 when we all completed our 4 year Training Course and had our certificates presented to us by Bill Petrie ... after a slap up meal at the Skylane !
I will never forget, just before Petrie departed he told us the bar was free :ok: and we should enjoy ourselves ... we ordered a round then the barman pulled the shutters down :sad: Petrie had it timed to perfection! (as usual!!)

Any way, here's the pic that appeared on the the BHL Intranet Sept 2009 when we celebrated 30 Years. Any of you other guys on here ???

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Back of photo....

"Servicing at the Heliport Burutu"

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Off to Shawbury, Monday, to get that 212 through a CAA audit so will have little time for posting pics so here is the Zoo Bar collection provided by AB? ..and who I think makes a personal appearance???

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The Dubai Zoo Bar
 

Great Zoo Bar photo collection Dave, I can see Alan Biles, Barry Pettett, Roger Tingley, plus many other faces that I cant quite put names to.

M.

Zoo bar
 

....... and Terry Bleed, Steve Brownell, Roger Old, Chris deVerenne, Willy Bole a.k.a foul bowel Bole, Dino Jolley, Brian (The Lung) Gardner, Roy Moore (IAL), Roger Leale, Hugh Martin (I think) and Maureen Pollard. Great days. 'Bucket jobs' from 7 floors up. LOL.

... about time we had a S61 picture on here :ok: (Aberdeen circa 1975)

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Another S61 Picture
 

This was an S61 which was given the once over and a respray at Aberdeen after the Americans took over as can be seen by the logo on the side. The registration of this one this was G-BXSN which was not originally an Aberdeen machine. Not sure where it went in the States or indeed if it is still there.

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G-BXSN
 

This was an ex Irish machine EI-BLY and became G-BXSN in Feb 98. It went to Air Logisitics as N161AL in Mar 01. It then went to Brazil as PR-MDS from Apr 03 to Jan 05, back to the US as N761N until Nov 05. It is now C-FHCH, initially with VIH, and is currently with Cougar Helicopters.

Ex Iran 212's
 

Sorry for blurr but these shots were taken at night while the remaining 212's were being loaded into the CL44 in Dubia.
Bill Petrie had sent myself and Davie Foote out to do some work on the 212's based in Dubia.
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Middle Wallop?

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Yes, Middle Wallop, without a doubt!:ok:

Not sure of these locations ...

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Abu Dhabi or Das at a guess.

The lower pic is the old north block admin building undergoing renovation by the looks of it. Has to be 1960's. Nice Vauxhall Victor.

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A pic from Dave Gash.

This photo was taken the day before BZ departed from North Denes going I don't know where.
The names left to right:
Robby Parker, Doug Sturman, Fred Ling, Dave Gash, and Paul Holmes. The pilot was Des Sadler.

G-ANJV was in Abu Dhabi from May 1969, having been ferried out from the UK, Brian Williams was the engineer for the ferry flight. John Griffiths set up the operation and Cliff Saffron was the Station Engineer. The client was ADOC (Japan) and the rig was Pegasus. Not sure where she went after AUH.

G-ANJV
 

I did a leave relief for Brian Williams in Abu Dhabi, must have been 1970. I was studying for my licence at that time, and as my bedroom also doubled up as Cliffs tech office, it was a good opportunity to get to know the company paperwork.

Post 1439
 

Looking at the photo at 1439, what hapened to Dave Gash ?, we were on the Allison course together.

Dave Gash
 

Has been seen on this thread. Is retired and living in Hampshire.

I was talking with someone today whose instructor in the 70s was D E Eddie Ford. Uncle Eddie was always a great flying companion in the early days of the Bristow 332Ls and before that I sometimes used to share a house with him and David Stephens in Sumburgh which led to the odd headache next morning. Eddie was always a great Training Captain when doing the IBC and IRR.

Anyone know what happened to Eddie? He would be getting advanced in years now but my conversation today brought back many memories and I hope he is either OK or resting upstairs.

I don't know about Eddie but Dave went upstairs a couple of years ago.

See second pic for explanation......if you read shorthand???


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I was hoping someone could translate the shorthand on the back of the last pic!

Here is an old shot of early Port Harcourt, Nigeria, including a couple of Whirlwind 1's and a Twin Pioneer. I don't suppose there are many Twin Pioneer pilot's / engineers on this thread!

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On a hot, humid day how many pax could a Mk 1 lift?

Mmmmm ....

One is tempted to answer .......... NOT ENOUGH! :}

Twin Pioneer
 

There is at least one Twin Pin engineer on this thread, I was on them in Singapore, though with the RAF, not Bristow. They did a good job in the , malayan and Borneo emergencies landing in very small jungle clearings. They also had loudhailers that played Christmas carols.
A twin Pin has actually been seen to fly backwards, (ground speed wise), in a headwind.

I am trying to get Larry Coram on-line, he was very much involved in Nigeria in the early days, unfortunately, he is still getting to grips with modern technology so we may expect some relevations from those far off days soon.

Twin Pioneer
 

The STOL capability of the Single Pioneer was equally impressive, I remember seeing one doing what was effectively a vertical landing at Noblefield K.L. in the early 60's

The Bristow archives Bell 47 pics.......

No real info to add to the images except the first one....

"Military training contract in Iran"

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Thought some may like to see G-BIXV in her new colors... Took 5 months to completely rebuild:

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And now:

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Intro from the old Skyweaver website plus some bristow archive pics.

Bristow Base: Manston, U.K.

After the RAF withdrew 22 Squadron helicopter detachment from Manston a contract was placed with Bristow Helicopters Ltd. for the provision of Whirlwind Series III helicopters to operate for a trial period from June 1st, 1971 to December 31st, 1972. This being the first civilian Coastguard Heli-copter Unit operating under the direct control of H.M. Coastguard.

Agreement with the RAF on provision of base facilities, both operational and domestic, was reached. The domestic side (i.e. hangar, office, storage, crew room and safety equipment spaces) fell short of expectations, but had to be accepted, with reservations, in order to meet the planned start date.

On the operational side, however, the Air Traffic Control facility, fuelling arrangements and use of equipment were found to be highly satisfactory.
The operation was linked by a direct line to Dover Straits Coastguard and on the third day of operations, with a scramble time of two minutes, a child was rescued from the sea in the Folkstone area some 16 miles from Manston.

The contract was to have available, from twilight to twilight, a WS55 Whirlwind fully equipped with radio facilities to keep in touch with land based SAR facilities and mobile units such as lifeboats and ships.
Another Whirlwind was held at Redhill as a back-up machine G-AYNP I believe.

Compared with the multitude of avionics fitted to current SAR machines the list of equipment, fitted to the SAR Whirlwinds, gives an interesting comparison:
Decca Mk8 Navigator, 1 x VHF AM Homer,1 x VHF FM, 1 x PA, 1 x VHF AM,1 x ADF

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