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Búsqueda y Salvamento (SAR, del inglés Search and Rescue) es un servicio para organizar y dirigir operaciones de búsqueda y salvamento derivados de accidentes aéreos o catástrofes naturales fundamentalmente dentro del espacio aéreo español.
Desde 1956 lo realiza el Ejército del Aire de España cooperando con otros organismos de seguridad y emergencias en función de acuerdos internacionales sobre navegación aérea de carácter civil. Actualmente está compuesto por la Jefatura de Búsqueda y Salvamento, tres RCC (del inglés Rescue Coordination Center), ubicados en las Bases Aéreas de Madrid, Baleares y Canarias, además de tres escuadrones, el 801, 802 y 803 del Ejército del Aire.
Dispone entre otros medios de helicópteros Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma y Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, además de aviones, de los cuales actualmente está en servicio el modelo CASA CN-235 100M VIGMA, habiendo contado previamente con aeronaves del tipo Grumman HU 16 Albatross, CASA C 212 Aviocar y Fokker F-27 200 MAR.
Naval Station Mayport is one of three major Navy installations in the Jacksonville area. Mayport is home to a busy seaport as well as an air facility. The mission of NS Mayport is to sustain and enhance war-fighter readiness.Mayport's operational composition is unique, with a busy harbor capable of accommodating 34 ships and an 8,000-foot (2,400 m) runway capable of handling most any aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory.Naval Station Mayport is also home to the Navy's 4th Fleet, reactivated in 2008 after being deactivated in 1950.
Great place to photograph helicopters, they teach pilots how to fly there, so one taking off & landing all day
Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron FOUR ZERO (HSM 40)
Anax Imperator sobrevolando la Balsa Grande, en las Alquerías, Sierra Espuña, Totana, Murcia, España
When there is a bad accident or someone is very sick out here in the desert Mercy Air comes out to pick them up and transport them to the hospital. When they come out here they land on the baseball field that is right next door to my house.
We were relaxing in the Jacuzzi at the gym and noticed this police helicopter, as well as cops on the ground with a police dog. They were chasing a man in his underwear who was hiding in the greenbelt behind the gym. That was our excitement for the day!
CC March Most Versatile: Transportation
CC Rainbow: Blue
Manufacturer: AgustaWestland
Operator: Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Dragon.
Type: AW 159 Wildcat (ZZ156)
Location: Gibraltar International Airport
I really hope the name is not a copyright infringement, but this pun is totally intended.
The model has openable cockpit, openable (and huge) side hatches and rear ramp, rotatable wings with rotatable propellers and (sadly) non-folding landing gear. Also there's a turret on its underside, so it is a legit flying tank.
A poolside visitor in Sun Lakes, Chandler, Arizona today.
I had to carefully take my camera into the pool to get the right angle for this guy, who patiently posed for me.
I think he is a "Serpent Ringtail" but I stand to be corrected by any experts out there.
Erpetogomphus lampropeltis natrix
azdragonfly.org/species/serpent-ringtail
www.mndragonfly.org/html/biology.html if you are interested in the anatomy of a dragonfly.
A helicopter coming in to land at Nottingham City Airport.
Helicopters first flew in 1941, the camera is from 1937 which I think is quite cool.
Voigtlander Bessa folding camera from 1937
Skopar 105 mm f/4.5 lens
Fomapan 100 film
Lab develop & scan
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Just a shot of a helicopter just taken off from a garden over on the other side of the railway line - they do have big gardens over there . It always strikes me how helicopters dip or lean over to one side when taking off or landing .
Grab shot having just heard it start up and luckily the camera with the telephoto is kept handy for diving out to capture aircraft going over that are of interest . Trouble is when the Spitfire goes over it has gone by the time I get outside - it ofen passes over on it's way to Blackbushe or Kemble .
Snapped this picture on vacation at Emerald Isle NC. Emerald Isle is about 20 miles north of Camp Lajune, one of two Marine training facilities for marine recruits. The helicopter was about 200 feet directly above the shoreline.
These helicopters land on my driveway by the bazillions, and a bunch of them even end up stuck upright in the cracks between the concrete sections.
295/365?
Local Heli Company
Shot from the ground laying on my back as the pilot took passes over me.
Fairly dangerous as they were low to the ground and the pilot was being repeatedly strobed in the face.
Nikon D3
Pocket Wizard triggered SB-800 on the dash gelled 1 CTB and another behind the pilot gelled 1 CTO.
I kinda hate this one just because it shows me how sharp the others aren't. It was tough because you have to shoot at 1/50th - 1/100th to get good rotor blur. And they were moving fast...
I like how this looks air-to-air. It's not. Perry just dropped the nose and did some low, fast fly-bys, which made it look as if we were up there with him because there is no reference point to reveal the dipped nose.
©2008 David Hobby
Saw the helicopter coming across the river as I was 'birding' and quickly changed settings so I could pan at the slower shutter speed getting the blades in action. Captured hand held.
N17756 - Sikorsky S-55QT WhisperJet - PAPILLON Grand Canyon Helicopters
at Grand Canyon Airport (GCN)
c/n 55186 (V55-400T) - built in 1972 as a CH-19E
The S-55QT (Quiet Technology) conversion was started by Orlando Helicopter in the mid 1980s and continued by Vertical Aviation Technology (VAT) in the 1990s, at the request of Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters who needed quieter helicopters for their sight-seeing flights. It features a 5-blade rotor instead of the standard 3-blade one, revised engine intakes and exhausts, and noise-suppressing engine covers. It also has extra large windows to improve the passenger's view. The conversion was certified in December 1999.
Only 2 helicopters were ever converted to this standard by Vertical Aviation of Sanford, Florida
scanned from Kodachrome-slide