Viking 500 Image

[Mike Reyno]

Hey Biggles,

 

How she be? What are you doing now?

 

Mrs. Vertical says hello. Are you going to HAC?

 

I appreciate the images and further info sent via PMs, thanks guys. The images are for the story that Ken Swartz wrote on John Schultz. I had the pleasure of meeting JS about a month ago for some pictures around the 76 in Toronto - quite the guy. We have some rather interesting pictures including JS landing on the wing of a Canso in a Bell 47 equipped with floats, he said he had nowhere else to land!

 

The next issue also has some other great stories, including a follow-up to Heli-Expo, flight-test of the AB139 and a feature on CFIT.

[Mike Reyno]

I do have some great images of GreatSlave too, but I need the Viking shots as they relate specifically to the story on JS as he played a role in the development of the pod, which is why Viking ended up operating 75 or 80 500s.

 

Thanks for checking.

[twitch]

Got Lots of hrs in good old RYI. She was a little newer when I had the pleasure. :up:

[Guest Angry Egg Driver]

I saw RYI this past summer.Panther operated it for a few years and Prism has it now.

[cap]

Vertical Mag ------if you are going to keep doing "follow-up" stories on JS, then you're going to be one busy boy for about a year anyway. There's lots of "happenings" that didn't have a picture to go with them either...........and that was a good thing too.

[picapart]

here's a pic of one i found on the net

[407 too]

hey 412 driver, those colors look like liftairs out of calgary in about the early 80's

 

were vikings painted like that too ?? (dumb question if it is a viking helicopter )

[DGP]

I'm pretty sure that is not a liftair paint job...there's were lime green, white,orange, , and black...looking at the picture I took of C-FBHM it was orange on the nose,followed by a white stripe,limegreen stripe,white stripe,orange stripe,limegreen tailboom with black t/r cover....not one of the prettiest paint jobs to be sure....as the reg was BH was an old bow a/c.

[DGP]

Looking thru the old pics also have one of C-GRYK with pod on it on a fire in FT.Smith in79...andC-FAHI,C-GTZQ andC-GRYW sitting on the ramp in Baker Lake 79....RYW has a pod on it :shock: :up:

[Mike Reyno]

Blackmac,

 

Thank you kindly for the images that you sent of the 500, as well as John flying over Ontario place. Some great images that we will use in the story. :up:

 

John was here in the office yesterday, gave me an interesting shot of him flying a 500E at the CNE. Below is a barge that he set on fire with a flare gun, then OMNR would fly in to put out the fire. He did this every year for 36 years. Almost shot his p**k off one year when the flare gun was sitting on his lap! :shock:

 

Does anyone know of any other pilot that has flown for 50 years? Our research tells us no, but we want to be certain.