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Dutch Aviation Media2009 |
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A new article for the independent leading Romanian aviation magazine "" | ||
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Dutch Aviation Support visited Rota Naval Airbase, south of Spain | ||
Killing sun, heatwaves born on the concrete, but what a day ! | ||
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hereby we show you our extended photographic impression. Article: Scroll down |
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Welcome to 'Base Naval de Rota' | ||
Small overview of the aircraft: | ||
333333333333333333333 Escuadrilla - AB212ASW- HA.18 | ||
333333333333333333334 Escuadrilla - Ce550 & Ce650 - U.20 & U.21 | ||
333333333333333333335 Escuadrilla - SH-3H/AEW & SH-3H - HS.9 | ||
333333333333333333336 Escuadrilla - H369M - HS.13 | ||
333333333333333333339 Escuadrilla - EAV-8B & EAV-8B+ & TAV-8B | ||
333333333333333333310 Esucadrilla - SH-60B - HS.23 | ||
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Several types of aircraft came in front of our lenses, here our report and pictures | ||
Homebase of the SH-60 Sea-hawk (10 Esq) | ||
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Sea-Hawks were flying very frequently all day | ||
The Sea Hawks are equipped with all kind of avionics, multi purpose | ||
Partly Military, partly civil, the base shows some interesting visitors | ||
Left and right a Sea-hawk cockpit, a Harrier in the middle | ||
Another view in the color-less cockpit, quite a dashboard ! | ||
Equipped very well, the Sikorsky Sea-hawk has many tasks (see the article) | ||
All types of planes have their own maintainance halls | ||
Just a few detail pictures, the Sea-hawk can carry many loads of different kind | ||
A radardome on the nose (L) and Pilots on their way to have a cold beer after flight ! | ||
Another type the base hosts is the Hughes-MD 'Cayuse' | ||
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy's (Travis) were present, and also the MBB-117 of the Guardia is on alert | ||
Spanish army Chinooks are frequent visitors on Rota... | ||
... and this Citation II also gets all it needs here. From fuel to maintainance | ||
Ofcourse the AB212 ASW (anti submarine warfare) has finds a home here | ||
Rota has an own Dunker installation to train pilots to survive after a ditch | ||
masterpiece is the Harrier, here a find twni-seat machine. | ||
Preflight: The pilot checks the plane himself ... | ||
... before he mouts together with his trainee | ||
Quite an impressive plane, which also can land on the 'Principe d'Asturias' Carrier. | ||
Exeption: Photographer making pictures while prefilght checks. Right the result, Harrier cockpit. | ||
As you see, another type the Dauphin, Rota is quite a base to visit !! | ||
And what might you be doing out here, dear friend ? US Navy plane comes in on military part | ||
Last view on the Rota platform, the Galaxy seems to watch over the rest of the inhabitants... | ||
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Dutch Aviation MEDIA BV thanks Rota for it's hospitality and information ! Hope to be back ! | ||
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