Sikorsky's Queen of the Skies

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Edicap wrote:Some nice shots in here. The Seaking is one aircraft that I don't have many photos of to be honest :smile:


Not helped when you post two shots of the same aircraft... :tounge:
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O I'm loving your Avtar :grin:

Will add some relevant snaps later

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Only now can I look back and see how crud me earlier shots were! I was proud of this at one point!

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Wow, that Italian Sea King is the best! Here´s a Brazilian Sea King at sea in 1996, more to follow.

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Some excellent variety in this thread, but I was hoping for more contributions. Well done to everyone so far, must be some USN ones from their twilight years?
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Arty I am afraid..........

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Epic Formacion wrote:Arty I am afraid..........
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Loverly light on that shot! :clap: :clap:

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Thanks Jumbo. They then flew a circuit and I managed to catch them NVG - which was nice. :ninja:

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A few from me, first, the only active USN SH-3 that I could lay my hands on - taken at an airshow at Sanford, FL in 1995.

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Next up, a couple of preserved examples from the same USA trip found in Pensecola and Cecil Field respectively....

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And finally, three from the Yeovilton show of 1995. First, an anonymous HC.4 freshly painted in UN colours (including a light blue "berret"!) but berift of serial (it was ZD480)....

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And staying with white(ish), a German Navy example......

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And finally, one of three Italian examples present for the show.

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Up to now, I have been using my Webshots repository as source for photos posted on UKAR, but they have changed and force a max of 600 wide.

http://community.webshots.com/user/jetnoise2001

I have now set up a photobucket account and am trying that out. Here is a special schemed Sea King from a very wet fairford...

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:whistle: :whistle: :whistle: :biggrin:

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That's not a Sea King Brian, that's a nightmare!!! Shocking end to a lovely machine...
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TonyO wrote:That's not a Sea King Brian, that's a nightmare!!! Shocking end to a lovely machine...


A useful end though, the RN Fire School at Predannack.

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A couple from me

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Short wheelbase model :grin:
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Perhaps the Sea King isn't quite as popular as we first thought, only a handful of you have responded to the call, including just two mods, c'mon lets see some more...

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Thanks Tony at long long last one of these I can post some shots!!
Here are some from my local 202 Sqn A Flt at RAF Boulmer.
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TonyO wrote:Perhaps the Sea King isn't quite as popular as we first thought, only a handful of you have responded to the call, including just two mods, c'mon lets see some more...


45 posts of photos?? Surely that's a bit more than a handful?? (or am is it late and I am missing some sort of irony?? :confused: )

Just been trawling my hard drive and found this one (there is a Sea King in it!!)
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When you consider how long the Sea King has been around, and how many countries use it, compared to the Merlin!!! :butt:

I am surprised there hasn't been more.
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Will you settle for some A.net links Mr O? Don't have my external HDD to hand :grin:
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TonyO wrote:When you consider how long the Sea King has been around, and how many countries use it, compared to the Merlin!!! :butt:

I am surprised there hasn't been more.


Well then, the results speak for themselves don't they?!
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Height is Good wrote:
TonyO wrote:Perhaps the Sea King isn't quite as popular as we first thought, only a handful of you have responded to the call, including just two mods, c'mon lets see some more...


45 posts of photos?? Surely that's a bit more than a handful?? (or am is it late and I am missing some sort of irony?? :confused: )

Just been trawling my hard drive and found this one (there is a Sea King in it!!)
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Only a bit of fun before anyone starts waving their apendages around :biggrin:


Damn it, I had my appendage primed for just such an occasion. :mad: Still, its nice to see that the Merlins stacked early and retired to the pool...........
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Love the Seaking but only got a couple currently uploaded into photobucket at the moment, will try to upload some more over the weekend.

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