69 deg North

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69 deg North

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Last Monday saw the final flight of a RN Merlin Mk3a prior to conversion to a Mk4, so I thought it was an appropriate time to post some pics from Clockwork, the CHF Annual Arctic Training , at Bardufoss Norway....
845NAS and 847NAS were present during my week long visit....An experience of a lifetime and the most extreme conditions I've ever attempted to shoot and function in...daytime temps were as low as -15 and night down to -27 :ghost:
Luckily we got one day of decent weather which also resulted in a good show from the Northern Lights...apart from that it was constantly snowing :dizzy: Anyway, hope they are of interest..... :tumbleweed:

1,
ImageClockwork_KevinWills_ by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

2,
ImageFB_ZK001_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS1115 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

3,
ImageFB_ZK001_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS1163 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

4,
ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS9892 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

5,
ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS0444 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS0505 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

7,
ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS0547 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

8,
ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS0457 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

9,
ImageFB_ZK001_845NAS_Bardufoss_Clockwork2019_KevinWills_344A1066 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageFB_ZJ998_MerlinMk3A_845NAS_Bardufoss_Farp_KevinWills_344A1324 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageFB_ZJ998_MerlinMk3A_845NAS_Bardufoss_Farp_KevinWills_344A1387 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

12,
ImageFB_ZK001_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS1834 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

13,
ImageFB_ZJ992_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS1949 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageFB_CHF_Clockwork2019_Hangar_KEVINWILLS9338 by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

15,
ImageZJ998_AE_MerlinMk3A_845NAS_Bardufoss_KEVINWILLS1414 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

16,
ImageFB_CHF_Clockwork2019_Hangar_KEVINWILLS9527 by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

17,
ImageFB_ZZ384_Wildcat_847NAS_Bardufoss_KevinWills_344A0367 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

18,
ImageFB_ZZ384_Wildcat_847NAS_Bardufoss_KevinWills_344A0352 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

19,
ImageFB_ZZ384_Wildcat_847NAS_Clockwork2019_KevinWills_KEVW1085 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

20,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_Clockwork2019_KevinWills_KEVW9193 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

21,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_Clockwork2019_KevinWills_KEVW9197 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

22,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_KevinWills_344A9472 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

23,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_KevinWills_344A9644 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

24,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_KevinWills_344A9749 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

25,
ImageFB_ZZ527_Wildcat_847NAS_Clockwork2019_KevinWills_KEVW1886 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

26,
ImageFB_A2A_Merlin__ZK001_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS6306 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

27,
ImageFB_ZJ998_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS0092 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

28,
ImageFB_Junglie_Merlin_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS2464 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

29,
ImageFB_CHF_MAOT_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS5934 by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

30,
ImageFB_A2A_Merlin__ZK001_845NAS_Clockwork2019_KEVINWILLS6210 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

31,
ImageFB_Bell412_Merlin_Bardufoss_KevinWills_344A0458 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

32,
ImageFB_Bell412_167_339Skv_KevinWills_344A0734 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

Cheers, I hope they were of interest, theres more on my Flickr.....

Kev Wills. :rock:
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Simply superb
A set showing something not often visible.
The downwash blizzard whiteout silhouette is a corker for me.
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Very impressive Kev, I hope you have thawed out now :clap: :clap: :clap: :cool: :cool: :cool: :rock:
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Very nice Kev.
There can't be many green HC3is left either.

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Airwolfhound wrote:Very impressive Kev, I hope you have thawed out now


Thanks Tim :rock: :rock:

reheat module wrote:Simply superb
A set showing something not often visible.
The downwash blizzard whiteout silhouette is a corker for me.


Thanks, glad you liked them :up:

PeteM wrote:Very nice Kev.
There can't be many green HC3is left either.
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Not many, about 4 I think :dizzy:
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Great set! Welcome to Norway ;)

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Bloody hell these are fantastic! Thank you so much for posting. :clap:
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I'm no helicopter fan, but these are cracking pics :up:
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Skyflash wrote:Bloody hell these are fantastic! Thank you so much for posting. :clap:


Agg wrote:Great set! Welcome to Norway ;)


Agg wrote:Great set! Welcome to Norway ;)


Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed the pics.. :rock:

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Absolutely 100% of interest. Thanks very much for posting Kev, really enjoyed looking through this set. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Super dooper pooper scooper :) Outstanding!
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centaurus18 wrote:
Sun 22 Mar 2020, 1:31 pm
Super dooper pooper scooper :) Outstanding!
Dr Cake wrote:
Sat 21 Mar 2020, 7:45 pm
Absolutely 100% of interest. Thanks very much for posting Kev, really enjoyed looking through this set. :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Thanks chaps :love_you_gesture: :thumbsup:
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