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Navy bids farewell to the venerable Sea King and Marines say "Thank you"
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I think that video is a Canadian helo (airshow demo) that inadvertently and very suddenly entered vortex ring state*, but I could have it confused with a different video. (?)
*helo aero phenomenom when you get caught in your own downwash... the physics are vaguely similar to Sylvester the cartoon can trying to row his boat up a waterfall
@A4s, 2x ETs and a re-fly, heheh, nice
I think that video is a Canadian helo (airshow demo) that inadvertently and very suddenly entered vortex ring state*, but I could have it confused with a different video. (?)
*helo aero phenomenom when you get caught in your own downwash... the physics are vaguely similar to Sylvester the cartoon can trying to row his boat up a waterfall
@A4s, 2x ETs and a re-fly, heheh, nice
040422-N-5821W-012 Augusta Bay, Sicily (Apr. 22, 2004) - Italian Special Forces personnel board an Italian SH-3 helicopter during exercise Clever Sentinel 2004. The exercise is a multilateral maritime interdiction training exercise led by Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. The exercise was part of the U.S. launched Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a collaborative effort to take active measures against trafficking in WMD, their delivery systems and related materials to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern around the world. Five nations, including the U.S., provided assets for the exercise and several nations sent observers to the exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Stephen P. Weaver. (RELEASED)
040422-N-5821W-004 Mediterranean Sea (Apr. 22, 2004) - Italian Special Forces personnel FAST rope from an Italian SH-3 helicopter down to the deck of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) maritime prepositioning ship MV PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK 3006), during exercise Clever Sentinel 2004. The exercise is a multilateral maritime interdiction training exercise led by Italy in the Mediterranean Sea. The exercise was part of the U.S. launched Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a collaborative effort to take active measures against trafficking in WMD, their delivery systems and related materials to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern around the world. Five nations, including the U.S., provided assets for the exercise and several nations sent observers to the exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 3rd Class Stephen P. Weaver. (RELEASED)
I LOVE this picture!!! It epitomizes everything that is 'CAN-DO' in Naval Aviation ... thanks for all your excellent pix, 'Spanky' ...
THen you'll love this feat done Marine style at sea in even heavier downwash...
I was at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) Barking Sands ('86-'89) as a Utility Crewman flying the B200T, RC-12F and seven UH-3As. We had the OLDEST H-3's in the US Navy with the least amount of FLT TIME. In fact we had the first Prototypes delivered to the Navy that were later converted to a Utility models.
A Sikorsky RH-3A Sea King minesweeping helicopter (BuNo 147140) of the U.S Navy Naval Air Mine Defense Development Unit (NAMDDU) at Panama City, Florida (USA) in 1967. In 1965 nine standard SH-3As were modified by substituting the anti-submarine equipment by a minesweeping gear. [from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RH-3A_NAMDDU_Panama_City_NAN5-67.jpg]
Same said Helo March of 2008 now as a lawn decoration at PMRF:
Photo by ea6bflyr
Photo by ea6bflyr
BuNo 147140 @ PMRF 2008
Great Helo...a real workhorse for the fleet!
-ea6bflyr
A Sikorsky RH-3A Sea King minesweeping helicopter (BuNo 147140) of the U.S Navy Naval Air Mine Defense Development Unit (NAMDDU) at Panama City, Florida (USA) in 1967. In 1965 nine standard SH-3As were modified by substituting the anti-submarine equipment by a minesweeping gear. [from: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RH-3A_NAMDDU_Panama_City_NAN5-67.jpg]
Same said Helo March of 2008 now as a lawn decoration at PMRF:
Photo by ea6bflyr
Photo by ea6bflyr
BuNo 147140 @ PMRF 2008
Great Helo...a real workhorse for the fleet!
-ea6bflyr
Does delivering the pace car to a NASCAR race count?
090122-N-0000X-003 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 22, 2009) A UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies a search and rescue training mission at Naval air Station Patuxent River, Md. The Navy retired the UH-3H Sea King helicopter Dec. 11, 2009 after more than 50 years in service, making the Sea King the longest serving operational helicopter model in Navy history. The first Sea King flew on March 11, 1959 and the last one was manufactured in 1986. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler/Released)
090122-N-0000X-002 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Jan. 22, 2009) A UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies a search and rescue training mission at Naval air Station Patuxent River, Md. The Navy retired the UH-3H Sea King helicopter Dec. 11, 2009 after more than 50 years in service, making the Sea King the longest serving operational helicopter model in Navy history. The first Sea King flew on March 11, 1959 and the last one was manufactured in 1986. (U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler/Released)
Desert Ducks passing the Torch
050902-N-4142G-010 Manama, Bahrain (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), flies over Fast Al Jarim Island near Manama, Bahrain. Operating from Manama, Bahrain, HC-2 has been a permanent detachment in the area for 33 years. HC-2 is being relieved by the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), and will be returning to Norfolk, Va.
050902-N-4142G-025 Manama, Bahrain (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), and an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), fly in formation over Fast Al Jarim Island near Manama, Bahrain.
050902-N-4142G-027 Persian Gulf (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), and an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), fly in formation over the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photos by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Felix Garza Jr. (RELEASED)
050902-N-4142G-010 Manama, Bahrain (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), flies over Fast Al Jarim Island near Manama, Bahrain. Operating from Manama, Bahrain, HC-2 has been a permanent detachment in the area for 33 years. HC-2 is being relieved by the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), and will be returning to Norfolk, Va.
050902-N-4142G-025 Manama, Bahrain (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), and an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), fly in formation over Fast Al Jarim Island near Manama, Bahrain.
050902-N-4142G-027 Persian Gulf (Sept. 2, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to the “Desert Ducks” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Two (HC-2), and an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the “Desert Hawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two Six (HSC-26), fly in formation over the Persian Gulf. U.S. Navy photos by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Felix Garza Jr. (RELEASED)
051018-N-0490C-005 Norfolk, Va. (Oct. 18, 2005) - Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Angela Cox, assigned to "Fleet Angels" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC-2), waits for maintenance checks to be completed on a UH-3H Sea King helicopter. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras (RELEASED)
050524-N-8683B-050 Key West, Fla. (May 24, 2005) - Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West's UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies near Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas National Park off the southernmost tip of Florida during its last flight. The Sea King will be transferred to NAS Pensacola, Fla., on May 26, 2005, after serving as NAS Key West's search and rescue helicopter for almost a decade. At the controls for the last training flight were Lt. Gainey Maxell and Lt. Tony Martinez.
050524-N-8683B-126 Key West, Fla. (May 24, 2005) - Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West's UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies over the Sand Key lighthouse off the coast of Key West during its last flight. U.S. Navy photos by James Brooks (RELEASED)
050405-N-3770P-002 Whidbey Island, Wash. (Apr. 5, 2005) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter, assigned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Search and Rescue, flies over the Straight of Juan DeFuca during a training mission. U.S. Navy photo By Photographers' Mate 3rd Class Jesse Praino (RELEASED)