twinstar_ca Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, DGP said: I have pics of their ships in Ft Smith...1979...one of the Alouettes was upside down in a swamp...and the Gazelle and I had a close encounter in the smoke over the airport! GOCA was the gazelle... I had a ride down the river and we either hit or were **** close to Vne... 1 hour ago, DGP said: Did Bob Ough work for Hughes back in the 70's...if so I think I know the other guy. I believe he did.... and Tony someone sold the original 520N to calgary police.... Quote
Torque Split Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 2 hours ago, twinstar_ca said: GOCA was the gazelle... I had a ride down the river and we either hit or were **** close to Vne... I believe he did.... and Tony someone sold the original 520N to calgary police.... Was that Tony Brown? 1 Quote
DGP Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 Tony Brown sounds about right...the guy I know is Richard Airlie...pretty sure they both worked for Hughes Heli before going with EuroCopter...Richard then went with Bell and has retired. Quote
highbladedown Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 I was at Great Lakes Helicopters(GLH) from 74-78, we operated 2 Gazelles (C-GDUG - light/dark orange was one, can't recall the other registration was red/white). Dave Dunstan was our Aerospatiale rep - great guy. Not the same GLH in Cambridge, Ont. My time at Kenting/Klondike we had 2 Alouette III's. Quote
DGP Posted January 12, 2022 Report Posted January 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, highbladedown said: I was at Great Lakes Helicopters(GLH) from 74-78, we operated 2 Gazelles (C-GDUG - light/dark orange was one, can't recall the other registration was red/white). Dave Dunstan was our Aerospatiale rep - great guy. Not the same GLH in Cambridge, Ont. My time at Kenting/Klondike we had 2 Alouette III's. Wasn't any EuroCopters at Klondike when I was there in 1974...Bell and Hillers and a couple of Sikorsky S-58...must have just missed you buddy! Quote
twinstar_ca Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Torque Split said: Was that Tony Brown? Yes, it was... thanks for tweaking a "getting older" memory... 👍😎 Quote
highbladedown Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 Kenting bought 3 new Astars in 1979, lost 2 in three days. Parked the 3rd and bought 2 new 500Ds. I was the only 500 engineer they had so I inherited both aircraft. Dave Aykroyd was my apprentice (lol)...they had 2 Allouette 3s. Quote
KSwartz Posted January 13, 2022 Author Report Posted January 13, 2022 Anyone still around from the Bullock Wings & Rotors or the early days of Alouette II operations use at James Bay? I remember Gaspar and Ian Powick were Aerospatiale sales reps in the 1970s and early 1980s. Ian has passed away. Anyone know where Gaspar might be ... or Dave Dunstad? Quote
carholme Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 https://www.google.com/search?q=dave+dunstan+airbus&rlz=1C1PRFI_enCA874CA874&oq=Dave+Dunstan&aqs=chrome.2.0i512j0i22i30l5.3491j0j15&sourceid Quote
DGP Posted January 13, 2022 Report Posted January 13, 2022 Hey there carholme...from one ex kenting guy to another...Our buddy Grant flew Kentings twinstar up until they pulled the pin in Canada and went to T-land...with Andy A and the two 412's. Quote
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