RAF Sea King Recovered from Ben Nevis

[pasptoo]

did we miss something? Thought this would have made the local news!

Hope the guys are ok, if not a bit shaken and wondering how on earth it happened!

Sea King rescue • FighterControl • Military Aviation Forum

Pas

we've all had a lift home by Chinook..........haven't we?

[detgnome]

'twas 3 years ago according to the post dates.....

[ninja-lewis]

Er no, this week...

BBC link: BBC News - RAF Odiham Chinook airlifts stranded Lossiemouth Sea King

[chopabeefer]

Yep - this week. Crew OK. Acft a bit sore.

[Walrus75]

And Typhoon4 doesn't have his facts right - "the Sea King clipped a rock face" Sea King rescue • FighterControl • Military Aviation Forum - but I'm not going to correct his inaccuracies on here.

[seniortrooper]

Where did Typhoons post go?

What he should have said is that the SeaKing landed on a slope and ended up slicing the top of the sand filter with all 5 blades...oooooh
Even the creme de la creme make mistakes you know...be not ashamed

[Walrus75]

Closer to the truth than Typhoon would have it.

[torque137]

Hope this helps guys...

CHINOOK RESCUES SEA KING (RESCUE 137) - YouTube

[scudpilot]

So, what would have happened to the Sea King next? I am assuming its not just a case of re-attaching the rotors and flying it out?

Would it have been returned to base by road, if so, surely it would have made sense to use the chinook to "load" it on to the truck?

[TorqueOfTheDevil]

Would it have been returned to base by road,

Yes

if so, surely it would have made sense to use the chinook to "load" it on to
the truck?

Why keep the valuable Chinook and its valuable crew hanging around in Scotland while the engineers prepare the Sea King for the road move (which involves removing significant parts of the airframe) when a crane can do the job just as well?

[Sven Sixtoo]

Having in the distant past hung around for days at the Ft Bill LS while the engineers fixed a problem (and eventually having literally called the AA to get the one last 24volt start to complete the engine change), I concur that almost anything is cheaper than a Chinook lift 500 miles from the nearest Chinook base. In these resource-limited times one only gets Chinooked off if there is no other way out (witness the effort it took to fly out of the Cairngorms four or five winters back).

Iain
Still willing to return to service if you've run out of has-beens.

[Walrus75]

Originally Posted by scudpilot

surely it would have made sense to use the chinook to "load" it on to the truck?

Whilst without doubt the Chinnie crew are good at what they do but lifting the dead Sea King onto the trailor takes a wee bit of finesse - it would be a bit like trying to thread a needle whilst wearing boxing gloves

[Vie sans frontieres]

Any RAF crew would be pretty disappointed if they couldn't place a load on a trailer accurately, whether it was a concrete block or a Sea King. With strong enough handling lines and a good ground party, it would be straightforward enough.