Sea King RS01 retired to the Royal Army Museum at Brussels
RS01, the
oldest of the five Westland Sea King Mk.48 Search & Rescue helicopters of
the Belgian Air Force has been flown to the Jubelpark/Cinquantenaire
esplanade at Brussels
in front of the RoyalArmyMuseum
where the aircraft will go on permanent display. The crew commanded by
LtCol Aviator Rudy THEYS, Base Commander of Koksijde, had a hard time
pinpointing the rather small landing area in very bad weather conditions
which restricted visibility to a few hundred meters. The very professional
crew made a perfect last landing with this Sea King which has clocked some
10.583 flying hours over more than 30 years of active service with the
Belgian Air Force in which it flew some 523 intervention missions. However
the very popular Sea King will not disappear from Belgian skies before
2013 when the last machine will be retired after having been replaced by
the new twin engine, medium size NH Industries NH-90 helicopter.
Last formation flight of RS01 leading RS04 and special paint RS05
Flying along the sunny Belgian coast....
Arriving at the Brussels' Jubelpark/Parc du Cinquantenaire in typical
Belgian weather.
