Category: Helicopters

The crew of a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopter have successfully winched an injured mountain climber from the summit of Lord Howe Island’s Mount Gower on May 17, following a nearly 700km journey to complete the rescue. Two SK50 Seakings were dispatched from Nowra-based 817 Squadron to Port Macquarie late on Monday afternoon

Eurocopter’s X3 hybrid helicopter demonstrator has recorded a speed of 232kt (430 km/h) in level flight, surpassing its original target of 220kt but falling short of Sikorsky’s unofficial speed record of 250kt set with their X2 prototype earlier this year. The X3 reached its new speed milestone while on a test flight during May 12,

Up to four RNZAF Iroquois will take part in a night flying exercise over the coming weeks, designed to train aircrew in conducting night vision goggle (NVG) operations, and train ground crew in night time aircraft maintenance. Exercise PEKAPEKA 11 will see the Iroquois pilots and support personnel from No.3 Squadron operate out of RNZAF

Two RNZAF/RNZN SH-2G Seasprite helicopters will join with a historic Catalina flying boat to conduct a formation flight over Auckland this Monday (May 16), in celebration of No.6 Squadron’s extensive contribution to New Zealand’s armed forces. The Catalina became the first aircraft to be operated by No. 6 Squadron during World War 2, with a