Farewell flypast of Sea King S&R helicopters (Edinburgh)

            Three Sea King helicopters, based at "HMS Gannet" (Prestwick) made a farewell flight over their operational range this afternoon, which included Edinburgh. Looked like to Sea Kings MK5, red and white, and one Sea King Mk4, green, "the junglie". Much updated, these are basically very old helicopters, and have been replaced by moden civilian operation, run by Bristow Helicopers, still based at Prestwick, and taking over some of the old personnel.

They flew down Princes Street from west to east, circled Arthur's Seat, passed over the Castle, and went on their way. Here they're laving the Castle.

Photographed from the top of the Scott Monument using a Minolta 80-200m f2.8. The top landing is pretty cramped with barely enough room for two people to squeeze past each other, so I shot handheld. 

Original: DSC07660X

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Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Edinburgh / Calton (show map)

Taken on: January 14, 2016

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edinburgh

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Sets appears in: • Aeroplanes • Arthur's Seat & Salisbury Crags more » • Edinburgh Castle « less

Groups appears in: • Edinburgh • Minolta AF 80-200 F2.8 High Speed Apo G

Camera: Sony SLT-A77V, f/4.0, 1/1600 sec, 80mm (=120mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A77V
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	80mm (35mm equivalent: 120mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	SLT-A77V v1.07
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