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ROTA
NAVAL AIRBASE SPAIN
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new article for the independent leading Italian aviation magazine 'Aeronautica
& Difesa' |
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| Dutch
Aviation Support visited Rota Naval Airbase, south of Spain |
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sun, heatwaves born on the concrete, but what a day ! |
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types of aircraft came in front of our lenses, here our report and
pictures |
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hereby we show you our extended
photographic impression. Article: Scroll down
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| Welcome
to 'Base Naval de Rota' |
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overview of the aircraft: |
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Escuadrilla - AB212ASW- HA.18 |
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Escuadrilla - Ce550 &
Ce650 - U.20 &
U.21 |
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Escuadrilla - SH-3H/AEW &
SH-3H - HS.9 |
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Escuadrilla - H369M - HS.13 |
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Escuadrilla - EAV-8B &
EAV-8B+ &
TAV-8B |
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Esucadrilla - SH-60B - HS.23 |
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Esq 4
Esq 5
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Esq 10
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| Homebase
of the SH-60 Sea-hawk (10 Esq) |
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| Sea-Hawks
were flying very frequently all day |
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Sea Hawks are equipped with all kind of avionics, multi purpose |
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Military, partly civil, the base shows some interesting visitors |
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| Left
and right a Sea-hawk cockpit, a Harrier in the middle |
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| Another
view in the color-less cockpit, quite a dashboard ! |
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| Equipped
very well, the Sikorsky Sea-hawk has many tasks (see the article) |
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| All
types of planes have their own maintainance halls |
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a few detail pictures, the Sea-hawk can carry many loads of different
kind |
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| A
radardome on the nose (L) and Pilots on their way to have a cold beer
after flight ! |
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| Another
type the base hosts is the Hughes-MD 'Cayuse' |
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| Lockheed
C-5 Galaxy's (Travis) were present, and also the MBB-117 of the Guardia is
on alert |
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army Chinooks are frequent visitors on Rota... |
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and this Citation II also gets all it needs here. From fuel to
maintainance |
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| Ofcourse
the AB212 ASW (anti submarine warfare) has finds a home here |
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| Rota
has an own Dunker installation to train pilots to survive after a ditch |
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| masterpiece
is the Harrier, here a find twni-seat machine. |
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| Preflight:
The pilot checks the plane himself ... |
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before he mouts together with his trainee |
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| Quite
an impressive plane, which also can land on the 'Principe d'Asturias'
Carrier. |
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| Exeption:
Photographer making pictures while prefilght checks. Right the result,
Harrier cockpit. |
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| As
you see, another type the Dauphin, Rota is quite a base to visit !! |
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| And
what might you be doing out here, dear friend ? US Navy plane comes in on
military part |
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| Last
view on the Rota platform, the Galaxy seems to watch over the rest of the
inhabitants... |
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Click the green button for the article in Englishi |
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Aviation MEDIA BV thanks Rota for it's hospitality and information ! Hope
to be back ! |
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