USA - Navy Kaman SH-2F Seasprite 150157
Alexander Babashov
Ricardo Hebmüller
Richard Parkhouse
Igor Mikhelevich
Gerard van Oostrom
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Piotr Gryzowski
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Sebastian Wajda
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Image ID: 1071824
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Operator: USA - Navy - 150157
Aircraft: Kaman - SH-2F Seasprite
Airport: USA - California - San Diego - USS Midway Museum
Category: Main database
Photo taken on 2018-5-1 by Jetzguy [Contact]
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Photographer's remark
(11.6.2018, 18:46 CET)
This Kaman SH-2F Seasprite is in great condition. Her solid rubber tires and forward folding gear and unique. A nice compact machine. These machines first flew on March 16, 1971. The Seasprite was capable of attaining an airspeed of 130 knots and operating at a range of up to 411 nautical miles. The U.S. Navy would operate a total fleet of nearly 200 Seasprites to perform a variety of missions, ranging from anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, search and rescue (SAR) and utility transport. The Seasprite's principal contribution in the lengthy Vietnam War was the retrieval of downed aircrews, both from the sea and from inside enemy territory. The type was increasingly relied upon to perform the retrieval mission as the conflict intensified, such as during Operation Rolling Thunder in 1965. During October 1966 alone, out of 269 downed pilots, helicopter-based SAR teams were recorded as having enabled the recovery of 103 men. The SH-2 served in some 600 deployments and flew 1.5 million flight hours before the last of the type were finally retired in mid-2001.
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