Registered 3 months earlier on 19th June 1973. To OO-EGM in May 1996.

A 1972 Jet Ranger of L&T Aviation Inc during a tourist flight over Washington DC

Pictured about to set down on the helipad at the southern end of LIMB.

Ex N1482S. Damaged beyond repair on 9 January 1989 when it hit power lines near Malmesbury, and registration cancelled on 20 May 1989.

Helicopter pilot/engineer Fred Fandrich founded Valley Helicopters Ltd. in 1985 and the company moved to its current heliport location at 63235 Flood Hope Rd, Hope, BC in 1991 which is about 1 km southeast of Hope Airport. Fred's his son Brad Fandrich took over ownership in 2015. Valley Helicopters currently operates one Cessna A185E, one Bell 206L4, four Bell 206 Jet Rangers and two Bell 407s. JetRanger C-GTYV was built in 1976 and previously operated by Totem Air, Turbowest Helicopters (1982-1985) and joined the Valley Helicopters fleet in February 1986.

One of around 22 aircraft which gathered for "The first London Plane Show" on the South Bank of the River Thames by Waterloo Bridge. The Plane Show ran from 18th May to 28th May 1973. G-BASE became G-OCBB in November 1990.

The helicopter crashed into the ground and was destroyed near Aldborough, North Yorkshire on 30th May 2018 with the pilot being killed. Pilot disorientation was the likely cause as it had been flown into cloud.

In 1978, this Bell 206B JetRanger, 4X-BJF on fixed floats was operated by Chimavir, an aerial application company owned by Kibbutz agricultural community movement in Israel. Built in 1975, this JetRanger was active in Israel for about 26 years. On March 29, 2001, Chim-Nir Aviation Services was operating 4X-BJF from Megiddo Airport on a contract to drop baits with a vaccine against rabies when it hit a high voltage power line near the village of Wadi Hamam, just west of the Sea of Galilee. Crashed and burned. Two killed.

Ex G-BCWM, G-OABY, OE-XDD, OE-XDD

Built in 1972 and later became N59MB. On 1 February 2005 it was wrecked at Lancaster/PA when it rolled over while transitioning into the hover at lift-off.

opf. SkyDive Spa

This 1977 JetRanger was first with Helcopetre Ailes Du Nord , Les Helcoptere Laverendrye before coming to Nova Helicopters in June 1984. Leaving Nova in September 1985, it continued to fly in Canada with various operators and is current with Qwest Helicopters since 2008 at the time of uploading.

Bell 206B, C-GKMO, was acquired by Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) based at Sproat Lake in Port Alberni, BC for aerial firefighting in June 1978. FIFT was owned by six of the largest timber companies in BC and operated two Martin JMR 3 Mars flying boats, CF-LYL (pictured) and CF-LYK, to protect valuable timber leases on the BC coast. The Mars only flew during the fire season but FIFT's helicopters operated year-round operated. In the 1980s, the FIFT fleet included Grumman G-21, C-FVFU, and three Bell 206L-1: C-GWFW, C-GWFH & C-GZFT. C-GKMO was cancelled in June 1994 after an accident.

Seen at her home base. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Seen here with an oddly shaped nose. Dataplate checked by myself. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)