Flying through

Saturday, 1 September 2012

Visiting the oil rigs from the Shetlands

Sikorsky S92 on the airport at Scatsca
Flew with Bristow Helicopter company out to an oil platform just off the Norwegian coast.
Bristow is based at Scatsca Airport on the mainland of the Shetlands - the mainland, incidentally, is another island, not connected to Scotland.
We are staying on Fetlar, a wonderful island with a population of 70 people. There are four or occasionally six children in the school and one school-teacher.
Bristow uses Sikorsky S92s and has some Eurocopter Pumas. However, it seems they find the S92 more reliable than the EC225, so most pilots prefer the Sikorsky.
On the platform
Other helicopter companies are based here including CHC and Bond Helicopters.

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