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..........Bristow Base : Dubai.

Another base with long Bristow associations. The pictures below were taken
around 1968/70 but as yet I have minimal information about Dubai ops so if
anybody can help with this page it would be appreciated.

I did spend 6 weeks at Dubai Police Air Wing in 1996 as an avionic leave
relief. At that time the Police fleet consisted of Bolkow 105s, Bell 206s and
the newly arrived Augusta 109s. I believe they are now operating Bell 412s.

A mile from the police hangar was the VIP hangar which housed everything
from Boeing 747s to Bell 206s and Dauphins - the helicopters being Bristows
responsibility.

Dubai operations can be traced back to the early sixties
when the operation consisted of no more than a helipad
and prefab building by the coast.




The Bristow Hangar is the larger of the two hangars in
the foreground ie the hangar nearest the old airport
control tower in the centre of the photo. Circa 1968.
So is this the hangar we still use today? ed.



Staff (circa 1968) were Gerhard Trosch, Bob Griffiths,
Joe Wright (pilots) Bill Nicholls, Mike Croxford, Dave
Peddar (engineers).



Whirlwind and Bell 206 on the apron.




.......and moving on a bit, pictures of Police Air Wing aircraft
operational during the nineties and onward.

As mentioned above the Bolkow 105s were
still in service in 1996 but were scheduled
to be replaced after the imminent arrival of
the Augusta 109s.


One of the Augusta 109s at the scene of a
road traffic accident.




As above, but the latest addition to the fleet
on scene, a Bell 412.



One of the Bell 412s undergoing a major check
in the Dubai hangar.