 Penzance Heliport
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1965 to present | | Location: | 50 7 41 secs N - 5 31 6.43 secs W | | 0.6nm NE of Penzance, Cornwall | | ICAO: EGHK | IATA: PZE | Elevation: 17 feet |
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| History of this Base/Heliport: | | |
Purpose built passneger and maintainance facility opened (i think) in 1965. British European Airways started operating from Land's End to the Isles of Scilly with Sikorsky S61's. They moved to Penzance when it was finished. BEA became part of British Airways in the late 70's. The helicopter part was sold off in the mid 80's to Maxwell group (he of the pension scandal), when it became British International. In the early 90's CHC bought the company, but sold it to the present owners Veritair in 1999-2000. S61's operated from here include G-ASNL, G-BDDA, G-BEON, G-ATBJ, G-AYOY, G-BCEA, G-BFFJ, G-BCEB.  |