Infamous Treasure Hunt Landing

[Bronx]

Y&BB

Bronx, no more info?
We see the guy with the hook, did he catch the mail bag first time, did he get knocked on the head with it or maybe did it even fall in the water?
Which helicopter was this, a Boeing 107 Sea Knight, a Kaman Seasprite ... a Sikorsky Seahawk ... !

July 17, 1996
Yes he caught it first time.

Helicopter: SH-60 Seahawk from Anti-Submarine Squadron Five (HS-5)

Sub: USS Baltimore (SSN 704), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine. (Decommissioned July 1998 after 16 years service.)

Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Vickers.

[Yellow & Blue Baron]

Thanks for the additional info.

Herewith, S60, which looks like its fitted with a winch, but where the seamen are rapelling instead - probably because its faster.

[Hell Man]

Swedish! I see you've been able to make some interesting contributions on this thread (instead of the usual cr*p you write) .

Anyway, maybe between you and Bronx you can figure out what the hell this is. Its only a painting and its not an S60 Seahawk but the sub looks like it could be similar to the one Bronx posted.

What the heck the dude is doing out on the wing (or whatever you call it on a sub) I don't know but I notice he doesn't have a hook ... could it be a helo mail delivery?

[Yellow & Blue Baron]

NYC Police Bell 47 J2 helps to welcome the Nautilus in 1958 after her return from the North Pole. The Nautilus was apparently one of the first atomic subs in the US Navy and crossed the Artic Ocean traveling beneath the ice.

S-55 in background.

YBB

[Bertie Thruster]

When meeting up with a sub at an agreed rendevous (time and lat/long), for a night casevac, do not wait at the spot in a 50ft autohover.

[Yellow & Blue Baron]

Yes, I agree, this would consume unnecessry power and limit the field of view to around 160 degrees. Normal procedure is to enter a circular holding pattern at approx. 1500ft asl.

If the operation is covert (or in a combat zone) the holding pattern can be as high as 5000ft asl using infrared to detect the surfacing of the boat.

Did you have a bad experience using autohover over water?

YBB

[John R81]

Like when 60ft of sub comes up under your 50 ft hover?

[Bertie Thruster]

John R81:

[John R81]

So many emotions, so little time to have experienced them all in.

[Earl of Rochester]

[Noah Zark.]

Shortly after Treasure Hunt finished, Castle Air had the contract to fly to and from Lundy Island at weekends, and to do this, they set up a base (Winnebago, fuel trailer, 'XU) in a field at Hartland Point, North Devon.
Having taken the folks out to Lundy on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon lent itself to takng people on a flit round the parish for a look-see.
I availed myself of this a couple of times as I was staying with friends about a quarter of a mile from the temporary base.
The first time I did this, I managed to get the front left seat, alongside Keith Thompson, and explained to him where I was staying whilst three young ladies were being inserted into the back of 'XU, and when we took off, we flew straight to my friends house and did a couple of slow 360's around it whilst I took some foties (an enlarged one of which they still have on their wall) and then away we went for a very entertaining whizz around the locality.
K.T. was a very pleasant chap, who spared the time after flying, to answer a barrage of questions from a just another numpty, with grace and humour.

[Brilliant Stuff]

Thanks Earl, loved it.