Arrival Sea King HAR.3A ZH542 at Koksijde

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Arrival Sea King HAR.3A ZH542 at Koksijde

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Tuesday November 24th at 12h13lt, Sea King HAR.3A ZH542 (c/n WA1008) from the A flight 22 Sqn of the Royal Air Force, touched down at Koksijde for the very last time. It took off around 09h00lt at the Royal Marines Base Chivenor in the UK for its final flight to Belgium. Belgian Defence bought this Sea King from the Brits to strip the airframe down and use the spare parts to keep the Belgian Sea King fleet in the air. It was cheaper to buy a complete helicopter instead of buying separate spare parts or doing expensive repairs. The Sea Kings will continue to perform the SAR missions together with the new NH-90NFH until the end of 2018. This will give the NH-90NFH fleet the time to undergo further modifications and installation of systems to fulfill SAR and navy missions.

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nice pics wim :respect:
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Some nice Sea King pictures indeed!

Were these photos made on or off-base :?:
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all pictures were made off-base
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One shinny banana Sea King, nice capture!
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And then the fact that this Sea King has less flight hours then any of the Belgium Sea Kings :roll:
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Very nice Wim. :lol:
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PilotoRico wrote:And then the fact that this Sea King has less flight hours then any of the Belgium Sea Kings :roll:
Then they could consider operating this one instead, and retirering another Belgium Sea King for spareparts? :lol:
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RS-06 ?

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Nice shots of the very last airtime of the yellow beauty.

Nice catch Wim,
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