Air Display - 7th July 2013 - Queensferry nr Edinburgh

[stu]

Morning all - NOTAMS are reporting the following:

1) H2818/13: Air display will take place NEW

Q) EGPX/QWALW/IV/M/AW/000/023/5559N00323W002
FLYPAST BY MIL HEL WI 2NM RADIUS 555924N 0032318W (QUEENSFERRY,
EDINBURGH). 13-07-0211/AS1

LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 2,300 Feet AMSL
FROM: 07 Jul 2013 12:30 GMT (13:30 BST)
TO: 07 Jul 2013 13:30 GMT (14:30 BST)

Any idea what this is for?

Stu

[stratocaster]

Damn,am booked that day,grrrr! Won't even manage to squeeze it in!

[elliotg]

It will be RNLI South Queensferry open day they do a display with the Royal Navy Sea King (Rescue 177) from Prestwick.

[stratocaster]

Ahhh,so that's what it is! I had a slight inkling,but wasn't sure! Thanks for info!

[falkirk1976]

anyone got upto date freqs.ty

[Glamdring]

121.2
118.7

[kr0ne]

During a real operation they usually use 156.0MHz for comms with the boats etc. Not sure if they would use this during a 'display' though...

This doc is quite interesting:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafsearchandrescu ... CB3E85.pdf

[elliotg]

You should also put

449.5375
449.5875
449.6875

This is their on board comms that they use when talking to each other on the helicopter.

[falkirk1976]

You should also put

449.5375
449.5875
449.6875

This is their on board comms that they use when talking to each other on the helicopter.

thanks.just heard coms on 449.5375

[kr0ne]

Comms were on 156.0 during the display/exercise but the Royal Navy Sea King was called off to a shout somewhere and a RAF one took it's place.

[stu]

Excellent photo kr0ne. I managed to catch it going home as it was heading south over Musselburgh. To Boulmer?

[stratocaster]

Rats!! Missed it all,as I thought I would,and here was me in your hometown Stu helping my folks collect stuff from poundies!

[grahamwilman01]

its either the angle that photo was taken or the helicopter to me looks precariously close to that bridge, but I echo stu's comment that is one excellant photo krone.

[BK]

That is a good photo. Standing on the road bridge would have been a great vantage point for a photo too and you'd have the rail bridge in the background. Presumably next year will be the last time a RAF/RN Sea King does the display, the following year it will be a Bristow Group S92 or AW189, if it happens at all.

[kr0ne]

Cheers guys!

Here's another couple for you. First, the lads on the Lifeboat:



And a little more heli-porn:







And finally, some tugs shooting their load:





Was a nice afternoon, lovely weather for it and they managed to raise over £2000 for Queensferry Lifeboat station.

The Lifeboat had just come in from the helicopter exercise when they were called out on a shout to a boat with engine failure. They were back posing for more photos before most people missed them though.

Busy little station.