* * * * * Advert for the Bell 47G-2. The morning of the 5th of February, 1968, found me in a joyous mood - because it was “break day.” For the past three months I had been based on Delta Platform in block Ship Shoal #154. It was one of the first production platforms, built in the early ‘50s by Gulf Oil, and was close to 150 miles offshore. The Gulf of Mexico is divided up into “Blocks.” The red X marks platform Delta’s location. It held a block of living quarters, and oil storage tanks being filled under gas pressure by wells already drilled. A tugboat would visit the platform once a week and off-load the oil into a barge, then tow it back to shore for refining. Platfo...