ROTA
NAVAL AIRBASE SPAIN
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Aviation MEDIA BV 2009 - A large publication in
INTERCEPTION
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Redaction:
Kees Otten (author) and Wim Das (pictures and site) |
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Aviation Support visited Rota Naval Airbase, south of Spain |
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Part
of the Spanish Navy are a.o. this carrier the 'Galicia' and 'Asturias' |
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Galicia can carry helicopters, the 'Principe d'Asturias' hosts the Harriers |
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Scrolling
down you can read about the naval planes and homebase 'Rota'.... |
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the Sea Kings, SeaHawks, Bell's, a Cessna, and many details |
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Rota
hosts not only Spanish Navy but also the 'Policia Hughes' helicopters... |
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...USAF
giants, and all kinds of birds land here. We present you: BASE NAVAL DE
ROTA |
Ofcourse we show you our extended
photographic impression. Article: Scroll down
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Entrance
of the base Rota |
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We
had an interview with the 'Harrier-Carrier' Captain of the Principe
d'Asturias... |
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and we were able to take a look at the lift, and under the deck where the
Harriers are stored |
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It's
always amazing how big such a ship is, see her here on the dock of the
Harbour |
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Here
she participates in the exercise 'Brilliant Mariner' , docked in the
harbour of Den Helder... |
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where new containers with supplies had to be taken in. Front of the ship:
The Harrier Ski-jump |
Now
we welcome you to 'BASE NAVAL DE ROTA', south of Spain |
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Escuadrilla - AB212ASW- HA.18 |
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Escuadrilla - Ce550 &
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Escuadrilla - SH-3H/AEW &
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Escuadrilla - H369M - HS.13 |
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Escuadrilla - EAV-8B &
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Esucadrilla - SH-60B - HS.23 |
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Homebase
of the SH-60 Sea-hawk (10 Esq) |
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Sea-Hawks
were flying very frequently all day |
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The
Sea Hawks are equipped with all kind of avionics, multi purpose |
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Partly
Military, partly civil, the base shows some interesting visitors |
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Left
and right a Sea-hawk cockpit, a Harrier in the middle |
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Another
view in the color-less cockpit, quite a dashboard ! |
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Equipped
very well, the Sikorsky Sea-hawk has many tasks (see the article) |
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All
types of planes have their own maintainance halls |
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Just
a few detail pictures, the Sea-hawk can carry many loads of different
kind |
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A
radardome on the nose (L) and Pilots on their way to have a cold beer
after flight ! |
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Another
type the base hosts is the Hughes-MD 'Cayuse' |
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Lockheed
C-5 Galaxy's (Travis) were present, and also the MBB-117 of the Guardia is
on alert |
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Spanish
army Chinooks are frequent visitors on Rota... |
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and this Citation II also gets all it needs here. From fuel to
maintainance |
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Ofcourse
the AB212 ASW (anti submarine warfare) has finds a home here |
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Rota
has an own Dunker installation to train pilots to survive after a ditch |
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Masterpiece
is the Harrier, here a find twni-seat machine. |
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Preflight:
The pilot checks the plane himself ... |
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before he mouts together with his trainee |
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Quite
an impressive plane, which also can land on the 'Principe d'Asturias'
Carrier. |
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Exeption:
Photographer making pictures while prefilght checks. Right the result,
Harrier cockpit. |
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As
you see, another type the Dauphin, Rota is quite a base to visit !! |
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And
what might you be doing out here, dear friend ? US Navy plane comes in on
military part |
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Last
view on the Rota platform, the Galaxy seems to watch over the rest of the
inhabitants... |
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Click the green button for the article in Englishi |
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Aviation MEDIA BV thanks Rota for it's hospitality and information ! Hope
to be back ! |
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