A nice snowy ramp shot at EMA. Still in the colours of former operator Avair of Ireland. First flight 04 Sep 1981 and registered G-BJLK with Shorts. Delivered to Avair on 22 Oct 1981 as EI-BLP. Repossessed 29 Feb 1984 and registered back to G-BJLK. Leased to Metropolitan Airways Dec 1984. To Fairflight Charters Aug 1985 and leased to Connectair May 1986. Leased to Gill Air Sep 1987, back to Fairflight 03Nov 1989. Bought by Celtic Airways Feb 1992 and leased to Bon-Accord Airways 23Apr 1993 to 21May 1993. Sold to Streamline Aviation Nov 1993. WFU and stored Southend. Broken up 05Dec 1997.

Sold in the UK as G-ALRI, which was its registration prior to being registered in New Zealand in 1952. Bob Kerr photo.

This Cessna U206F Stationair was used by Evergreen Helicopters in 1985 for logistics support and seen outside the company's offshore oil and gas support hangar at Galveston Airport. It was based in west Africa from 1987 until at least 1994 supporting Evergreen's contract with the World Health Program (WHO/OMS) which used 12 MD500 helicopters and three Turbo Thrushes to spray larvicide in rivers to kill the parasitic worm that caused the disease ONCHO (Onchocerciasis or river blindness). This Cessna is now preserved at the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville, OR in its WHO/ONCHO markings.

ERA Helicopters of Alaska established an offshore bases in Louisiana and Texas in the late 1970s to support offshore oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. In the 1980s Era distinguished itself in the Gulf of Mexico by operating an all twin-engine helicopter fleet of MBB Bo 105s and Bell 412s, for which it was the launch customer, but single engine aircraft were added when it won contracts to fly Minerals Management Service (MMS) (now BSEE) inspectors monitoring offshore activity. Era merged its helicopter operations with the Bristow in June 2020. N125EH is ex-D-HDPK & N9376Y.