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Post by ngatimozart on Jun 24, 2012 13:48:09 GMT 12
Some dicey helo landings at sea.
Lynx on Danish Navy OPV: !
Kamov KA 28 on Chinese PLAN Frigate:
NH90 on German frigate:
MH60 Seahawk on USN LPD:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2012 21:27:42 GMT 12
Apparently it was an Aussie at the controls, "Aussie's no surprises there" (Mitre 10 ad ;D)
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Jun 24, 2012 22:04:29 GMT 12
Don't ya love it when the Army comes to visit ;D
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Post by phil82 on Jun 25, 2012 6:00:04 GMT 12
Back when we were friends with the US and our frigates used to be certified as fit by the US Navy at Hawaii, a NZ Leander Frigate [Waikato?]was given an award for saving a US helicopter which landed on[in preference to crashing into the sea] and did some damage to the ship in the process. Late 1960s -early 70s? The ship had to be dry-docked.
My memory hasn't gone and I was mostly right!:
"Sometime during the late seventies or early eighties off the coast of California a Sikorsky Sea King needed to make an emergency landing. The closest vessel was HMNZS Waikato, so the helicopter landed on the flight deck. For it to fit it landed crossways with very little rotor clearance to the hangar".
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Post by kiwiinoz on Jul 8, 2012 4:17:12 GMT 12
I just happen to have pic's of it Attachments:
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Post by kiwiinoz on Jul 8, 2012 4:19:00 GMT 12
more pic's Attachments:
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Post by kiwiinoz on Jul 8, 2012 4:19:25 GMT 12
last one Attachments:
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Post by nuuumannn on Jul 10, 2012 17:48:05 GMT 12
Great photos of the Sea King on the Waikato. Lovely Leander.
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Post by ngatimozart on Jul 10, 2012 19:46:16 GMT 12
Trouble was it wouldn't fit in the hangar so we couldn't pinch it  |
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