Sea King returns to flight

[SW Sky Blue]

Was lucky enough to witness the return to flight of Historic Helicopters Sea King HAR3 XZ597 on Friday....What a fabulous job Andrew and his team have done getting this beauty back in the air...A remarkable achievement especially by the engineers

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS334A2655 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS334A2685 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS5916 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6287 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6394 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6421 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6421 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

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XZ597_Seaking_HistoricHelicopters_Chard_KEVINWILLS6686 copy by KdoubleU2017, on Flickr

Cheers,

Kev W.

[Seacat192]

Nice set Kev.

Saw this flying in the distance from Ilminster on Friday afternoon.

[ChrisCwmbran]

Nice shots!

Thanks for sharing!

[Vulcanone]

Looking good. Nice shots Kev.

[grumpy616]

Great to see it back in the air, great pics too.

[PeteHemsley]

She is darn immaculate as well

[Blackcat1]

Beautiful! I do miss seeing her on the Brecon Beacons.

Stunning shots

[IanH]

Fantastic Kev. So good this is back. Looks as good as new

[John flightpath]

Great shots. The boys have certainly done a good job on the Sea King.

Cheers
John 'flightpath'.

[Pune]

Superb images, thanks for sharing, great to see her in action again.

[C24]

See OTT

Very nice

[James Cutting]

Stunning set Kev! Be great to see her back in the show circuit one day

[XWP29]

Lovely, used to take these for granted, so good its back in the air, hopefully at an airshow in the not too distant future.
Regards Nick

[Kads]

Fantastic to see her in the air again. Great job

[SW Sky Blue]

Thanks for the comments guys....lets hope this covid crisis is over soon and we all get chance to see these fabulous machines out and about at airshows once again

Kev

[Punkrunner62]

Great stuff Kevin, always good to see a Sea King return to the skies, how we miss them up here.
Cheers.

[awacsfan]

What a great sight! Thank you for the pictures!

[one nil]

Any news on the Belgian sea kings they are bidding for.

[Imac]

Great set and looked like a good day for you. Thanks for sharing

[Cyberfox]

Outstanding achievement and fabulous to see a yellow Sea King in the air again.

Just need a Wessex now!