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Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2013, 05:48
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

World Wide Crew

Hey Nigel,
Do you know Doug Morrison? He is an old aerial survey hand/historian down your way. I am in regular contact with him as we worked for the same survey company for many years. I also...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2013, 05:43
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

World Wide

Doc,
I was happy to see that you made contact with us. As you can see there are few of us left apparently. I was on the Glomar 5 flying a Bell 47 for a short while and then went to Benghazi to fly...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Aug 2013, 03:50
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

email

I use two email addresses. You can try either [email protected] or [email protected] . I didn't get anything at either address from you and I checked to make sure there wasn't anything in "junk"...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2013, 17:57
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Cyrene

Cyrene is an ancient Greek city to the east of present day Benghazi. It is a fabulous ruin and part of it is under the Mediterranean so a great place for divers.
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Aug 2013, 02:26
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Oh What a Lovely War

The riots in Benghazi in 64 were by students at the university and were just the prelude to deposing the king. The British airbase near Benghazi kept things in control until the final collapse in 67...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Aug 2013, 03:51
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Bishop Biddle

Jan, I visited your photobucket site and found it very interesting. Some of the photos are extremely familiar but then everyone was taking so many pictures on the North Sea job that many were...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Aug 2013, 22:02
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Pictures, Please!

Jan,
Any pictures you care to share will be much appreciated. As you can tell, I posted most of my pictures of Ameland onto "Photobucket.com" so if you have several you could use a site like that....
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Aug 2013, 21:52
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

More Nes Crew

Here is a another photo of the Ameland crew. More photos at Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing...
Forum: Rotorheads
4th Aug 2013, 21:44
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Names, names, names

Jan,
Thank you for contacting me. As you can see I have had little contact from anyone because we are all much older now and many have passed away. Your fathers name is so familiar to me but I...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd May 2013, 03:40
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Ameland, NL 1963

The World Wide crew in Nes, Ameland, NL in summer 1963.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7306/8745783641_cd0699cdf7.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
22nd May 2013, 01:48
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Thanks

Thanks Gerry,
I was flying a DC-3 for Phillips out of Alexandria in the late 60's - early 70's so we weren't far apart.

I think there is a picture of the old beast that I was flying a big...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st May 2013, 04:35
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Ken Metcalfe

Here is a picture of Ken Metcalfe from the World Wide Ameland project in 1963. That's him in the dark sweater and light pants.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/8745784147_7040673e96.jpg
Forum: Rotorheads
15th May 2013, 18:00
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

N219F

The one I was flying was N219F. When I last saw her she was sitting in the Egyptian desert on 15 October 1969 waiting for an engine change.
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2013, 22:13
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Devil Ken Metcalfe

Jerry,
In December of 1969 I was flying a DC-3 for Phillips Petroleum when I had the occasion to stop over in Cairo. We stayed at the Cairo Hilton and upon my arrival at the hotel I saw across the...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2013, 03:11
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Australians in Libya

The general manager in Benghazi in 1963 was an Australian who had his wife and son there with him. The chief pilot there was also Australian but was only experienced on fixed wing aircraft (I...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2013, 00:28
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Frank Minjoy

I remember Frank Minjoy and Frits Hasselman but I do not remember in what context.

When I last heard of World Wide they were doing very well as a real estate operation in the Caymans. Probably a...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th May 2013, 04:29
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

I Feel Old

You guys are making me feel VERY old. I started with World Wide in 1962 and did a summer with the S-58's off the North Sea in Holland followed by Beavers and Bell 47's in Libya. The Ameland crew...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th May 2013, 05:40
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Thanks

Chris
Thanks for the information. Do you recall an engineer named Metcalf? He was with me on the North Sea project and I ran into him elsewhere in the world after I left World Wide.

I have a...
Forum: Rotorheads
8th May 2013, 05:18
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

I flew for a company named World Wide Helicopters...

I flew for a company named World Wide Helicopters who operated mostly American registered helicopters and a few fixed wing aircraft out of Biggin Hill. The year would have been 1962. When I was with...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Apr 2013, 05:08
Replies: 58
Views: 31,994
Posted By sillohed

Question World Wide Helicopters

Does anyone have any pictures they care to share about World Wide Helicopters during their base operations at Biggin Hill or elsewhere in the world. I flew for them in the 1963/64 era and spent a...
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