tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171230357168117236.post2070403693617707692..comments2024-01-08T09:56:04.005+00:00Comments on A History of RAF Saxa Vord: Some Helicopter Operations (updated Apr 18)Gordon Carlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04360114502865961238noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8171230357168117236.post-37394165106559140882018-04-06T15:46:05.596+01:002018-04-06T15:46:05.596+01:00I thought you might like to know that the first he...I thought you might like to know that the first helicopter landing in Shetland was on 23rd August 1954. I know because my Uncle, Greville "Bim" Jacques was the pilot on that day. As you mentioned he flew G-ANAL all over Scotland during that summer. On that day alone he flew from Mey to Wick, Wick to Grimsetter, Grimsetter to Fair Isle, Fair Isle to Sumburg, and then back to Grimsetter. He marked it down in his flight log that he was the first helicopter to land in Fair Isle and Shetland. He went onto Pilot flights in the Antarctic too, for FIDASE.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818025897925842448noreply@blogger.com