FAA Museum Flying Day and Sea King Helicopter Farewell

When

Sunday, 13^th November 2011

Time

9:30am to 3pm

Where

Fleet Air Arm Museum, Albatross Road, Nowra, New South Wales

Admission Fee

$10 for adults and free for children. Admission includes entry to the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

Shark 10 of 817 Squadron conducts a handling demonstration for the assembled crowd at the 817 Squadron Family Day.

Navy's Fleet Air Arm Museum invites the public to celebrate the end of an era in naval aviation, with an open day featuring flying displays by 817 Squadron’s Sea King helicopters.

817 Squadron will be decommissioned in December 2011 so this is one of the last opportunities for the public to see the Sea King helicopter in flight.

The flying program will also include the Squirrel pairs display team, the Vietnam-era UH-1 Iroquois, an Air Force PC-9/A from the Roulettes display team and static displays of Seahawk and MRH-90 helicopters.

The Sea Kings are fondly regarded as the workhorse of the Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, having provided 36 years’ dedicated service. They have flown in excess of 60,000 hours in a range of operations, both at home and abroad. Following decommissioning a Sea King helicopter will be on permanent display in the museum.

The flying program commences at 9:30am. Admission, which includes entry to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, is $10.00 for adults and free for children.