by Alan Bristow
Heinkel torpedo bombers 51
Helicop-Air 105–110
Helicopter Airworthiness Review Panel 299
Helicopter Association International 232
Helicopter Club of Great Britain 223
Helicopter Rentals Ltd 196, 201
helicopters, flying 69, 72–73, 79–80
Helio Courier 188
Helitech 369–370
Helmsdale, HMS 82
Henry, Gerard 105–106
Henstridge airfield 140, 142, 143, 146, 148, 152, 162, 164, 176
Herman F. Whiton see Olympic Challenger
Hermod 231–232
Heseltine, Michael 13, 336, 342, 344, 347, 349, 353, 356, 357, 358, 363
Hill, James 363, 364
Hiller 104, 111, 116, 124, 126
12: 220
12A 109–110
12C 268
12E 206
360: 116–117, 120, 123, 124, 136, 199, 200, 202, 204, 206, 222, 228
360A 9–10, 102, 105, 107–108, 110–112, 113, 114–115, 116–117, 122, 123, 127, 128–131, 135, 138, 141, 369
360C 227, 228
FH1100 224–225, 228
Hiller, Stanley 14, 111, 124, 228
Hitler, Adolf 21
HM Coastguard 268
Hoare Govett 341, 345, 349
Hobson, Ronald 264
Hodson, Flt Lt 62, 63, 64
Hogan (Ellenga shipmate) 52
Hogg, Quintin, QC 92, 93
Holland 106–107
Holland, Ron 367–368
Hollywood Hills 34–35
Honduras 203–205
Hong Kong 328
Honolulu 35–36
Hooker, Sir Stanley 223
Hornbill, HMS (Oxfordshire RNAS) 135
horse-riding 207
horses, Suffolk Punch 23
Howard, John 222, 267, 275, 280
Howe, Lord 363
Hudson, ‘Polar Bear’ 38
Hughes, Howard 228
Hughes 500: 277
Hughesden, Charlie 264
Hunt, Phil 273, 295, 328
Hunt brothers 17
Hunting-Clan Air Transport 215
Hunting-Percival Aircraft 103
Jet Provost 218, 219
Hussey Cooper, Vernon 38, 39, 40, 41, 44–45, 46, 100–101
Hyams, Harry 224, 264, 265
ICI 166
ICL 143
India 343, 348, 357
Indo-China 10, 11, 110–120, 175, 313
Indonesia 330–333, 334
Inland Revenue 194–196
Innes, Bob 318
International Air Transport Association (IATA) 248, 251
International Nickel 331
International Whaling Commission 137, 152
Iran 165, 166, 167–168, 192, 311–322, 323, 324
Iran, Shah of 14, 18–19, 167–168, 192, 312, 315
Iran Pan American Oil Co. 165, 166
Iranian Air Force, Imperial 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 321
Iranian Army 312, 315, 316
Iranian Helicopter Aviation Co. 167, 312, 315–316, 323
Irrawaddy River 37, 38
James, Capt Percival Arthur Clifton 42, 43
Japanese, the 39, 328, 329
Japanese Navy, Imperial 39, 40
Carrier Strike Force 36
Jarvis, Pauline 242, 246
Jeffries, Lieutenant 68
Jenkin, Patrick 344
Jenkins, Clive 13, 242, 245–247, 305
Jennings, Captain 247
Jet Star (bull) 366, 367
John Brown Engineering 337
Johnston, Philip 224–225
Johnston (senior pilot) 189
Jones, Jack 234
Jones, Mr 27, 30, 31
Jordan, Derek 316
Junkers Ju87
Stuka 51–52
Junkers Ju88 51
Kaman, Charlie 124
Kaman company 123
Keegan, Mike 307, 319
Kellett helicopter 123
Kelley, Bart 124
Kennicot Mining 331
Kestrel, HMS (Worthy Down airfield) 70, 73–74, 76, 77, 78
Kharg Island 312, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321
Khatami, Gen Mohammed 167, 312, 323, 324
Khomeini, Ayatollah 19, 311, 316
Khor-i-mand mountains 165
Kiel, Germania shipyard 121
King, Lord 255, 256–257, 350–351, 352, 355
King Rat 18, 191
Kings Norton, Lord 223, 270
Kingston, Ontario 62, 63, 64–65
Kingston-upon-Thames, Guildhall 195–196
Kinney, Bill 261
Kirkhorn, Jan 137, 138, 141
Kleinwort Benson 341, 344, 345–346
Knight, Eric Lombard 174–175, 179, 255
daughter 175
Knight, Geoffrey 250
Konialidis, Constantinos ‘Niko’ 123, 124
Kormoran 37
Kumano 39
Kuwait 217–219, 317, 320, 321
corner shop man 217–218, 219
Kuwaiti Air Force 218–219
La Paz 177, 178, 179, 181, 186–187, 188–189
Laine de Penguin 108–109
Laker, Elaine 198
Laker, Freddie 14, 174, 175, 194, 197–198, 199, 200–201, 202, 213, 215, 230, 233–235, 236–237, 248, 251, 254, 255–257, 286, 350
Laker, Joan 198, 233, 234
Laker, Kevin 233, 234, 235
Laker Airways 235, 254–255, 256–257
Lane, Captain 243
Lane, Commander 227
Lappos, Nick 298
Las Palmas, Reine Isabel hotel 249
Lascars 36
Lavan Island 312, 317, 319–320, 321
Lazards 346
Le Roy, Yves 177, 312, 313, 317, 319–320
Leckie, John 274, 275–276
LeClerc, General 116
Leeds City Corporation 364–365
Left Hand Club 251
Legrand, François 294, 295–296, 297
Leppard, Neil 177, 185
Lesley (Canadian girl) 33
Levene, Peter 356
Levrat, Jean Roux 318
Lewis, Cecil 140–141, 147–148
Linklaters 347, 353, 354
Lionel (chauffeur) 202, 221, 227–228
Little, Harry 65, 66–67, 68
Liverpool 26–27, 45, 46
Lockheed C-130
Hercules 322–323
Lockheed Constellation 189
Loffland Brothers 226, 227
Loftus, Bill 150
Lombard Banking Ltd 174–175, 176, 255
London 77–78
Albert Hall 353
Battersea Heliport 166
Claridge’s 350
Grosvenor House Hotel 323
Leadenhall Street 10–11, 151–152
Russell Square 52–53
St James’s 84–85
St Paul’s Cathedral 78
Savoy 163, 168
Shell-Mex House, Strand 154–156, 159–160, 173
Simpsons, Piccadilly 200–201
Tower Hill, merchant seamen’s memorial 46
Trafalgar Square 54
London to Paris speed record attempts 94–95
Long Beach, San Pedro harbour 34, 35 looping helicopters 224–225
Louis Newmark LN450
Flight Director 268, 269–271
Lufthansa 254
Luxair 319, 321
Lygo, Adm Sir Raymond 342, 354
McAlpine, Alastair 350
McAlpine, Kenneth 220, 223, 224
Macaskill, Jim 205, 302, 309–310
McCartney, Ian 261
McDonald, Lord, and Inquiry 310
McDonnell Douglas 254–255
Apache 356
DC-10 254, 255
MacIntosh, ‘Sparks’ 32
MacKenzie, Capt Mac 242, 247
Mackinnon’s (British India agents) 41
McLoughlin, Patrick 361
McMahon, Jim 206
Mahvi, Abolfath 312, 313, 315
Malaysia 287–288, 299, 302, 303, 304, 326, 327
Malaysian Airlines 326, 327, 328
Malaysian student 327–328
Malda, SS 38–40, 56, 100
Malta 16, 32, 46, 55, 56, 79
Marignane 294–296, 297
Marsh, Alan 109–110
Martin, Peter 318
Martre, Henri 347
Masayu Trading 331
Mashman, Joe 124, 225
Mason, Roy 238
Matiana, SS 14, 26, 27, 28–30, 31, 32–34, 35–36, 38, 41, 100, 276
Chief Engineer 27, 29, 32
‘Lofty’ (electrical engineer) 32–33
Matteson line 35, 36
Maxwell, Robert 286
Mayhew, Bill 147, 168, 201, 222, 283
wife 201
Mayhew, Patrick 353
Mayne-Bristow Helicopters Pty Ltd 219–220
Mayne Nickless 220
Melbourne 36
Melsom & Melsom 135, 137, 138, 139–140, 141, 143
Mensforth, Sir Eric 102–103
merchant navy 25–41, 42–48, 49–52, 55
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm 347
Mexico, Gulf of 276–277, 279–280
Michael of Kent, Prince 210
Middle Wallop airfield 74, 228
Mil Mi-4 332
Milburn, Earl 147, 158, 165, 177, 179
Miles Martinet 70, 71
Miller, Lt Col Sir John 208
Miller Rayner (tailors) 26
Mobil 197, 226–227, 231, 263, 273, 277, 306, 327, 331
Mombasa 30–31
Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord 363
Monte Carlo 122–123
Hotel de Paris 122
Montevideo 125, 126, 127
Montgomery (Sikorsky employee) 67
Montreal 32, 33–34, 276
McGill University 33
Moore, Roger 191
More, Kenneth 169
Mork, Mickey 137, 141
Morris, Charles E 261, 263, 277–278
girlfriend Juliet 263
Morton, Sammy 239, 250
Morton Air Services 215, 239, 250
Morton Olley Air Services 272
Mossman, George 210
Mounsdon, Diana 209, 241, 249
Mountain, Sir Brian ‘Bill’ 213, 239, 240, 241, 264
Mountain, Nicky 264
Mr Cap (jack-up oil rig) 230
Mubarak, Sheikh 217, 218
Muriel, Andrew 160, 275, 283
National Car Parks 264
National Provincial Bank 12, 152
Netherlands Whaling Co 11–12, 145–146, 148, 151–152
New Mexico 226
New York, Floyd Bennett Field 65, 66, 67, 104, 285
New York City 66–67, 69, 123
Brooklyn 66
Flatbush 66–67, 69
New Zealanders 55–56
Newman, Barry 330
Newmark, Louis 268, 269, 270
Nice 86
Nickalls, Nick 242, 243, 247, 248, 252
Nigeria 259, 273, 274, 311, 327
Nimitz, USS 322
Niven, David 191
Nixon, Richard 323
Noble House 18, 192
Norfolk Police 91–92
Normalair 143
Norman, Desmond 205–206
Norris, Capt Mike 268–269, 309
North American AT-6
Harvard 62, 63–64
North Denes 230, 287
North Sea 172, 214, 228–229, 230–232, 235, 258–261, 271, 272, 277, 283, 284–286, 287, 290, 292, 334, 339–340 see also pilots’ strike, Aberdeen Norhval 135, 138, 139, 141
Norwegians 125–126, 131, 149
Nott, Sir John 346, 347
Oahu 36
Ocean Containers Ltd 236
Ocean Prince (semi-submersible) 231
Octopussy 191
Odlin, John 203–204, 278, 302, 328, 329
Offshore Logistics Inc 370
oil exploration 154, 155–160, 161–162, 164–165, 172, 173–174, 179–181, 186–187, 215–217, 226–227, 260, 279–280, 330, 331
North Sea 228–229, 230–232, 235, 258–261, 271, 272, 277, 283, 284–286, 287, 290, 292, 334, 339–340 see also pilots’ strike, Aberdeen
Okanagan Helicopters 274, 275–276
Olympic Challenger 121, 125, 126, 127–128, 129–130, 137, 222
Olympic Whaling 127 see also whaling
Onassis, Aristotle 9, 10, 11, 14, 121, 122–123, 124, 125, 126, 135
Oni, Ayo 327
Onslow, Cranley 228, 308, 309, 341, 354–355
Operation Credible Sport 322–323
Operation Sandstorm 314–322, 323, 324
Orkney Islands 70–71, 72
Ortiz-Patin˜o, Jaime 177–178
Osborn, Lt Cmdr G.M.T. 79, 82, 83
Osmington Mills 80
Otis Elevators 349, 350
Ottawa 33, 276
Owen, Reg 307
Page, Iris 71
Page, Lt Cmdr Len, RCNVR 68, 70, 71–72, 73, 78–79
Pan Am 254
Pan American Grace Airlines 189
Panama 190
Panama Canal 34
Paris 104–105, 108–109, 111
Eiffel Tower 95
Hotel Dominie 140
Place des Invalides 94, 95
Parkinson, Cecil 360, 361
Patterson, Capt L.D. 14, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35–36, 37
Pattie, Geoffrey 341, 342, 345
Paul, Bill 343, 346, 350, 356
Payne, Norman 242
Pearce, Austin 347
Pearl Harbor 36
Peat, Lt Cmdr, RNVR 67, 68
Pegg, Bill 96, 103
Penfold, Cliff 65, 66–67, 68
Penrose, Harald 14, 86, 87–88, 91, 96, 97, 102, 144
Penstemon, HMS 43
Percival Proctor 85
Percival Provost 103
Perkins, John 89
Persian Gulf 154, 155–156, 157–159, 160–162, 163–164, 166, 168, 171, 173, 174, 175, 217, 219, 260, 316, 326
Peru 226–227
Petrie, Bill 166, 177, 178, 184, 186, 267, 317, 318, 320, 321
Petroleum Helicopters Inc 188, 216, 280–281, 329
Philip, Prince see Edinburgh, Duke of Phillips Petroleum 231
Philpott, Brian 355
Piasecki 122, 123
Piasecki, Frank 14, 123, 124
PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank) 144–145
pilots’ strike, Aberdeen 301–310
Pincher, Harry Chapman 264
Piper Apache 172
Piper Super Cruiser 104
Platt-Le Page helicopter 123
Plessey 166 police work 91–92
Pontoise (Cormeilles-en-Vexin) 105, 106, 120
Poole, Lord 213, 239, 240
Portillo, Michael 361
Portland Dockyard and Harbour 78–79, 80
Portsmouth 18, 19–20, 21–22, 23, 32
Portsmouth, Whale Island 21, 32
Portsmouth and Southsea swimming club 19
Portsmouth Grammar School 18, 21, 22
Powell, Air Cdre Taffy 197
Power, Tyrone 34–35
Preston, Col Mossy 94, 95, 142
Priddy, John 203–204
Prince of Wales, HMS 37
Prior, James 307–309
Pugh, Alastair 242, 243, 247, 251, 253
Pulborough golf club 170–171
Pullen (carriage driving referee) 212 pygmies 181–182
Qatar 155–156, 157–159, 160–161, 175
Queen, RFA 75–76
Commander RNVR 75–76
Queen Mary, RMS 57–58
Quigg, Alec 145
Racal Electronics 221
Rafat, General 312, 313, 316
Randall, John 20, 61
Randall Minor 20
Rangoon 37–38, 56
Ranscombe, Jerry 316
rapid transit systems 359–366
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Ratcliffe Mike 330
Reach for the Sky 168–169
Reagan, Ronald 323
Redhill Aerodrome 201–202, 216–217, 221, 222–223, 224–225, 227–228, 230, 266, 289, 321, 323, 327
Reece, Sir Gordon 346
Regent Petroleum 206
Reichert, William 125
Reiter, Kurt 121–122, 125
Repulse, HMS 37
rescue operations 231–232
Richard, Armand 318
Richardson, Bill 247, 249–250
Richardson, Major General 351
Rio Tinto 331
Robert, Medecin-General 116, 117, 120
Robins, Ralph 343
Robins, Steve 360
Robinson, Robbie 177, 184
Robinson (President of Amoseas) 187–188
Rockley, Lord 341, 345
Ronson, Gerald 350
Ropner, Auriel 276
Ropner, Sir John 276
Ross Sea 127, 128
Rotherwick, Lord 206, 213, 236, 334, 370
Rowe & Pitman 349
Royal Air Force 285
Headley Court 266
recruiting office 52–53
Royal Aero Club 94, 142, 174, 201
Royal Navy 342 see also Fleet Air Arm
captain (recruiting) 55
Chief Petty Officer 54–55
pilots, training school 227
Royston, Peter 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 310
Sabine Offshore Services 276, 277–280
Sabine River 277
Safmarine 206–207
Saigon 110, 111, 112, 115–116, 117, 120
Continental Hotel 110, 116, 119
hospital 115–116
Tan Son Nhat airport 110, 111–113, 115, 116–117, 119
sailing 367–368
Sainer, Leonard 219
St Eugene, Montreal 58, 59–62
St Ignacio 183
St Louis Mission 182
St Vincent, HMS (Gosport shore establishment) 55–57
Commanding Officer 56–57
San Francisco 187–188
Santiago 248–249
Santini, Lt Louis 118, 120
Sa˜o Paulo 248
Saskatoon 275
Saudi Arabia, Al Yamamah arms deal series 337, 346–347, 357
Scapa Flow 70–71, 73, 74–75
Schmoe, Bill 261
Schroeder Wagg 341, 346
Schubert, Dr 137
Scone 208
Sea Quest (oil rig) 259
Sealby, Kay 141, 142, 194, 196–197
Seaman, Doc 261
Sear, Slim 268
Select Committee, Trade and Industry 354–355
Servisair 286
Shakbut, Sheikh 163, 164
Shapiro, Yasha 143, 223–224
Sharjah 319, 320, 321
Sharpy 19
Shaw, Bryan 228
Sheepy (Decca team leader) 161
Shelbourne, Sir Philip, QC 194–195, 253, 341, 345, 352
Shell Oil 153, 154–160, 161, 162, 171, 172, 173–174, 175, 176–177, 178, 180, 182, 192, 200, 202, 214, 217, 260, 283, 286, 299, 327, 328, 330
Shelton, Cliff 265
Shinkuang 39
Shirakumo 39, 69
Shogun 18, 192
shooting 260–261, 262–265, 276 see also
Baynards Park Showering, Keith 264, 350
