Sea King XZ597 returns to the air

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Sea King XZ597 returns to the air

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I was lucky enough to witness the return to flight of Historic Helicopters Sea King HAR3 XZ597 on Friday. What a fabulous achievement by Andrew Whitehouse and the Historic Helicopters team... :worship: :worship:

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS334A2655 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS334A2685 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS5916 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6287 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6394 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6421 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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ImageXZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6686 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

Hope they are of interest..

Cheers,

Kev W
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Lovely to see, a great achievement by the team.
Thanks for posting the photos

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Good to see it back in the air - great job, well done. Lovely photos too.

Andy :smile:

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Fantastic!!!!!
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Quite fantastic to see it in the air!

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Great news indeed quite a time with this and the ex RN Wessex. :up:

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