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Old 5th Jan 2004, 09:18
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John Eacott
 
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A few more from memory lane:

Flight deck of Eagle, with a recovering Sea King:



A fly past of the Sea King and the Phantom was for a Trafalgar Day event, but I'm not sure of the event, nor the location



Nothing new in flag flying: this was a fly past for the City of Leeds, in 1972:



An early PR photo of the dipping sonar from the Sea King, taken on the trials unit, 700S



A major offshore rescue (the MV Merc Enterprise) had a German Sea King force landed south of Culdrose. The German's brought a SkyCrane over to lift the aircraft out:





Dave Mallock was the Sea King pilot, and had severe salt build up on the IGV's of both engines after 6 hour's over water in 50-60 kt winds. One finally surged enough to put itself out, followed closely by the 2nd engine, fortunately just as they got back over the Lizard Peninsular. Dave did a night auto in driving rain into a ploughed paddock, and saw 30 degrees on the AH as he slid sideways through the mud, before the Sea King righted itself and came to a halt. 824NAS also had a Sea King with Lt Baker RAN driving, who had similar problems, but turned back when Dave gave his Mayday. After ensuring Dave ("Malarky Jim") was OK, the second Sea King made a command decision to land next to our local pub Well deserved pair of AFC's to the two of them.
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