14 May 2011

AUS: Sea King flypast Canberra to say good bye

Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Sea King helicopters will perform a flypast along Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra, at approximately 12:00pm on Monday, 16 May 2011.

Sea Kings from Nowra based 817 Squadron will farewell the national capital when they conduct a fly past over Canberra and Jervis Bay on Monday.

It is the last time that the region will see a formation of Sea King helicopters, before the aircraft are decommissioned in December 2011.

The Sea Kings had provided 35 years of dedicated service to the Navy, flying in excess of 60,000 hours in a range of operations both at home and abroad.