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30 FLIGHT International, 10 January 1974 AIR TRANSPORT.. LIGHT COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS II Double rig evacuation The 50-man crew of the drilling platform Transocean 3, on station to the east of the Shetland Isles, was evacuated by S-61Ns of Bristow Heli copters on January 1 shortly before the rig overturned. The men were mainly moved to another rig, Transworld 58, about ten miles away. The following day, while survivors were being lifted back to land at Sumburgh an emergency developed on another nearby rig, Transworld 61, necessi tating the evacuation of a further 40 men. The flights were flown in addition to the planned schedules. Subsequent redeployment of the evacuated crews involved a Herald of British Island Airways and Macedonian Airways' DC-3, both on sub-charter to Site Aviation from Aberdeen. French certification for latest 125 The Hawker Siddeley HS.125-600 was granted type certification in France on December 14, 1973, opening the way to the conclusion of the sale of the first of the type there. Five HS.125 sales at the end of 1973 brought the total for the type to 343; in the present European economic climate the names of the buyers are unlikely to be announced before delivery of the aircraft. Super King Air certificated Type certification of the Beech Super King Air was granted by the US Federal Aviation Administration on December 20, 1973. Beech anticipates making its first deliveries in February. Beech has also announced the award of a contract valued at $6-5 million from Bell for the continued production of JetRanger air frames; Beech has already delivered more than 3,200 military and civil JetRanger airframes since receiving its first contract in 1968. The new contract foresees production for nearly two years. Sabre certification complete Final certification of the Rockwell Sabre 75A by the US Federal Aviation Adminis tration was completed on December 12. Deliveries against an order backlog of 33 aircraft will begin this month. 500th rescue mission The rescue helicopter operated by Bristow from Manston on behalf of the British coastguard service recently flew its 500th rescue mission since the facility was introduced on June 1, 1971. During the two and a half years of operation 158 people have been saved by the Manston unit. Upturned sailing dinghies feature largely in the rescues but lifts have been made from lightships and an all-day search was involved when the French dredger "Cap de la Hague" overturned off Boulogne on October 11, 1973. A Twin Otter of Mount Cook Airlines is seen at Queenstown airport on the South Island of New Zealand. The Twin Otter order book stands at 408 and the 400th delivery was made on December 21, 1973 when a second aircraft for Sun Valley Key Airlines of Utah was handed over at Downsview. The carrier flies scheduled services linking a number of mountain communities with Salt Lake City Training for Stol Air Transit has begun crew training in preparation for the experimental Stol service which is due to begin between Ottawa and Montreal in March. Six aircraft are at present being modified to operate the service and 50 captains and first officers are being given Stol training. Charters hit by oil shortage Despite assurances by the British government that supplies of fuel would be safe guarded for flights related to the oil exploration industry, charter operators have found that they have been unable wholly to fulfil their commitments to the oil companies. Although there has been a general lowering of demand for air taxi flights in the United Kingdom, requests from the oil companies have continued strongly. Some companies which were given allocations of fuel for December 1973 found that they could not obtain even their allocation; Glasgow airport was one installation which had no aviation gasolene in its tanks during the last weeks of the year. The interpretation of "oil-related" flights has concerned operators. In some cases fuel has been allowed for flights from the Scottish mainland to Sumburgh and to Stavanger but similar flights to Bergen and Ejsberg have not been permitted. Also it has been noted that fuel has not been granted for flights between Aberdeen and the other main base for oil rig activity at Yarmouth. Spray bar for JetRanger An external spray package for the Bell JetRanger has been developed by Omniflight which claims a 30 per cent gain in profitability over spray- equipped Bell 47s. The JetRanger's central hopper has a 1,5001b chemical capacity. Among recent American corporate aircraft registrations are this Citation, belonging to Southern California Gas and the Swearingen Merlin IV, owned by Stewart Sandwiches of Norfolk, Virginia. The aircraft were photographed at Los Angeles International airport • '.": • • • VI • t •• I /
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