I thought you guys might like to here this story.
In 96′ as some of you may or may not know I went on my first helicopter ride, in a Agusta Bell Jetranger 206B.
Well tonight I was just browsing through my photo collection of pics that I have taken, and I came across the pic of this Helicopter, G-BAKS.
I thought I would see if there were any pics of it on the net, so I typed i the Reg no. into Google and did a search for it, only to my suprise, my results came back showing Air Accidents Investigation Branch.
I went on the chopper in June of 96′ at Lowfield heath Airshow, held in a field next door to LGW, well to get to the point, in November of 97′ G-BAKS crashed killing the pilot. 🙁 I was very shocked to see this!
This is the site where I found out info on its last flight/movements… http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/bulletin/jun98/gbaks.htm
Continuing my search, I also found out that this chopper was in a James Bond movie, where it was used by Blowfeld as a remote helicopter.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/1139/bondg.html
Very sad news for me to hear. The first chopper I went on is now no more. 🙁
By: EGNM - 16th April 2003 at 23:53
probably G-RAMI – Operated by Heli-jet at Coney Park now – www.helijet.co.uk
I flew in G-DRAR a MD500E which was re-registered G-JIVE and involved in quite a serious accident a year or so after! – wierd!!
By: GZYL - 15th April 2003 at 21:55
It was white… it was operated by Northern helicopters Ltd!
By: A330Crazy - 15th April 2003 at 20:36
Could have been the same one??? Who knows? Was it a white chopper, or cant you remember?
By: GZYL - 15th April 2003 at 19:54
I had my first chopper ride in 96… also in a Jetranger! Can’t remember what the reg was though!
By: KabirT - 15th April 2003 at 07:08
I have been on choppers alot…most of the time Dauphins…..going to oil rigs in the Arabian Sea just to hang out:p .
By: Bhoy - 15th April 2003 at 01:10
I was on the Herald of Free Enterprise a couple of months before she sank at Zeebrugge, I know what you mean about it feeling strange… 🙁
By: A330Crazy - 15th April 2003 at 00:34
Yes it was quite a creepy feeling. Knowing that you were on that aircraft only just over one year earlier! 🙁
It was quite an old bird though, made in 1972.
By: T5 - 14th April 2003 at 23:50
Creepy!
I was looking on Airliners.net today at photographs of aircraft which have crashed and been damaged to the extent where they are beyond repair. It seems hard to believe that one month they are flying as normal and not long later, there’s nothing left of them!
Interesting story and photograph though.
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April 14, 2003 at 11:36 pm