British Airways helicopter

The company Transocean was a partnership between Kerr-Magee (who owned Transworld Drilling) and several German drilling companies.

Finding somewhere to live in Shetland was something else.

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drilling started in the North Sea off the east coast of England.

The maximum reading of the wind speed indicator was 150 knots hence the record was unofficial. We sped across the sea, with wave heights of perhaps 50 feet, in the knowledge that a ditching would almost certainly not be survivable in the S61N which would roll over in swells over six feet.Landing on the rig’s helicopter platforms in the dark required some nifty handling of the controls but in such a wind strength we had plenty of power to spare.

It was similar to Transworld 61. Please pass my best regards to him and wish him well.Thanks for replying Bill. Shortly after, the indicator was destroyed by a severe gust sometime around 3 a.m.

The resulting starvation of air to the compressor had caused the stall.I sought and obtained permission to fly the empty aircraft back to Sumburgh on one engine. The islands are barren of trees except for one small area.

If they had been a few minutes earlier they would all have been catapulted off the deck and killed. I hope you are doing well and enjoying life. The picture is of Staflo, a rig actually owned by Shell. No tattoos must be visible on the face, hands, neck or arms. We experienced all kinds of unserviceability which could be directly attributed to the inclement weather, especially the wind and rain. We hope to have another get together soon so if you are living anywhere near Norwich just let me know and I will make sure you get the message. Will pass on your regards to Pete Bramley and would appreciate Stuart Birt’s email address re: Mike Evans. British Airways (kurz BA) ist die nationale Fluggesellschaft des Vereinigten Königreichs mit Sitz in London und Basis auf dem Flughafen London Heathrow.Sie ist eine der weltgrößten Fluggesellschaften und Gründungsmitglied der Luftfahrtallianz oneworld.Zusammen mit Iberia und Vueling bildet sie die Holding International Airlines Group (IAG). In the height of its development, it had over a dozen S61N aircraft operated by BAH and, in addition, the Bristow fleet.The operational procedure on all flights was to give a position report every 10 minutes.

Well done for writing the site and keeping the Blog up.These are some of my recollections, apoligies if I have got it wrong.From Hamburg Transocean III was towed to a fiord in Norway and then out to its first drilling location for Mobil on the Beryl Field on the UK/Norway boarder. No developer was used.Thanks for this wonderfull article, I will be showing to my father who is Captain John Marriner who flew from Shetland around this time from Sumburgh airport when I was a wee lass living there.Hi Kate – thank you for your kind comments concerning the website. The remaining 18 crew were then evacuated by 2300 hours on 01 Jan 1974. Showing slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES} - Make an offer{"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}POSTCARD AIR BRITISH AIRWAYS SIKORSKY S-61N HELICOPTERBritish Airways Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter G-BDES PostcardB99625 uk british airways helicopter helicoptere scilly aviation plane avion - POSTCARD AIR BRITISH AIRWAYS SIKORSKY S-61N HELICOPTER - British Airways Sikorsky S-61N Helicopter G-BDES Postcard - B99625 uk british airways helicopter helicoptere scilly aviation plane avion These three bedroom houses had insulation the like of which I have never seen before or since. The S700 natural heave period was 23 seconds, so it moved much less in big seas.The picture shows the rig TW61, most probably in the Bay of Biscay, on tow from Shell Spain (San Carles de la Rapita on the Mediterranean Coast) to Bantry Bay in SW Ireland in mid-1973.

Weather conditions at the time were winds of 21m/s with waves of 6m. Helicopter pilots and engineers of both BAH and then Bristows soon found themselves spending more and more weeks at a time away from their families and staying in the Sumburgh Hotel or even the Lerwick Hotel, neither of which were too appealing.BAH were first to arrive and shared half of a former wartime hangar with Loganair who operated a TriLander aircraft piloted by Captain Alan Whitfield. It only had 42 bunks when first constructed. This was demonstrated to particular effect one day when there was a coming and going of helicopters and a Royal Navy Sea King, the military version of the S61N, was sitting with rotors stationary in front of the airport terminal building.

It eventually ended up going aground in Northern Norway. I wanted to obtain a synoptic chart from the Met office depicting the isobars that night. The leg and float would sink to a total draft of 90 feet and the upper dogs would be engaged. On 23 January 1975, I was landing G-AYOY on the Zapata Ugland with co-pilot Dave Owen.

BAH had to build not only hangarage but complete housing estates to accommodate the staff and their families. A huge gust hit the airport; the blades of the Sea King were severely kinked and had to be replaced with the help of our engineers.