Landing a Lynx on the Danish OPV Rasmussen

[Kirkhill]

http://www.aviationchatter.com/2011/05/white-knuckled-helicopter-landing-at-sea/

I don't know if anyone has seen this yet....

 

[krustyrl]

Well done.!!   

 

[blacktriangle]

Sweet landing aside, that's a really nice ship.

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Bear trap....what bear trap?....we don't need no stinking bear trap

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Proof that helicopters need anchors......... 8)

 

[Baz]

Bear trap....what bear trap?....we don't need no stinking bear trap

You do to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MbCu_YRM4

 

[Dissident]

You do to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MbCu_YRM4

Dude. Like Dude. Whoa.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

You do to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4MbCu_YRM4

Pretty cool, eh!

For those unfamiliar with those wonderful landings and take offs, they are brought to you courtesy of your very own Canadian Maritime Air Group and Navy. And BTW, the camera is fixed, so while it looks like the helicopter is "swinging all over", it's actually the ship that is rolling under it.

Enjoy, and thanks for sharing Baz.

 

[SoldierInAYear]

http://www.aviationchatter.com/2011/05/white-knuckled-helicopter-landing-at-sea/

I don't know if anyone has seen this yet....

That's awesome

 

[jparkin]

That is seriously impressive, those rolling waves look gigantic! 

 

[AirDet]

For anyone who has sailed these videos sure remind us of the "fun". It seems that on every trip we always had on or two of these nights. Try being the techs who have to run out under that helo and hook up the messenger cable. I loved doing that but watching it now.... what was I thinking?

I've said it before and will again, Seaking pilots are the best in the world; they have to be. Apparently, this Lynx pilot's pretty skilled too.

 

[BeyondTheNow]

Wow, that's amazing. I had never seen anything like that before. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Baz]

Well, in the interest of full disclosure, some (but certainly not all) of the Sea King video is from the Air Integration Trials with the Halfax class lead ship (a dead give away is the ones where the flight deck marking is HX

Those are the trials were you push the desk limit to try to find the edges, same thing has and will happen with Cyclone.