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..........Bristow Base: Burma.

Around 1976 Esso commenced offshore exploration
in the seas off Burma.
Bristows were contracted to provide two I.F.R. Bell
212s in support of the drilling campaign, which only
ran for 6 months.



The two aircraft designated for use on this contract
had been serving elsewhere in a V.F.R. role so they
were ferried to Rangoon to enable the I.F.R. mods to
be carried out which included the fit of S.F.E.N.A.
auto-stab systems. 9M-ATU is shown here at Rangoon.

This picture is taken at Tavoy from where the offshore
flights operated. The hut on the far left houses a machine
gun post and the porta-cabins were the accommodation.