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heng44 | An HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant helicopter hovers after dropping pararescuemen into the water near Apollo boilerplate BP-1206. This was an Apollo recovery exercise of the 67th ARRS operating out of RAF Woodbridge. The activities took place at the mouth of the river Deben just off the coast of Bawdsey, where it flows into the North Sea. Ed Hengeveld |
moorouge | Stunning picture Ed. |
East-Frisian | Water and "fog". Really great shot. |
APG85 | Great Picture! I was in the 67th ARRS from 1985-1992 as an HC-130 Crew Chief. The CM Boilerplate sat outside the Pararescue (PJ) building as a sort of "ornament" just beyond our flight line the entire time I was stationed there. I suspect it was sent back to the US for two reasons: 1. The 67th ARRS became a Special Operations Squadron (SOS) in 1989 and put less emphasis on traditional Rescue operations. 2. Woodbridge closed and the 67th moved to RAF Alconbury (and several years later moved again to RAF Mildenhall) in 1992. This would have been the perfect time to send the CM back to the US. |
jasonelam | Great picture! Looks almost like a painting! |
paulushumungus | A very interestimg variant to "Photo of the week" - Brilliant. |
Philip | Reminds me of a sentence an old RAF-pilot always mentioned: "No raining no training" |
garymilgrom | Where is all the water coming from? It doesn't appear to be raining in the foreground. Thanks. |
moorouge | Spray whipped up by the rotor blades? |
APG85 | The down-wash from a HH-53 helicopter can be intense and under certain wave conditions, water vapor will swirl upward toward the rotor blades. Corrosion was always a concern with these helicopter and they continually got fresh water rinses back at Woodbridge... |
nasamad | Nice post Ed, now I'm confused, was it 1227 or 1206 that was lost in the North Sea? I didn't know that there were two BPs used for training. |
Prospero | Wow! Turneresque!
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moorouge | quote: Originally posted by nasamad: ...was it 1227 or 1206 that was lost in the North Sea?
It was BP-1227 that was lost and it's highly unlikely that it was the North Sea and almost certainly in the Bay of Biscay. See the thread about this capsule in the M-G-A section.The history of BP-1206 can be found under the Apollo boilerplate missing histories thread. |
nasamad | Thanks pal, I had followed the other thread but lost the missing histories thread. |