Portsmouth Navy Day 2005

[Londoneye]

Portsmouth Navy Day 2005 - a chance to see a few rare aircraft, ships of different navies and the Tall Ships.

Aboard the Russian Admiral Lenchekov - a Ka-27


Kamov Ka27 Russian Navy 60 Portsmouth 1



Kamov Ka27 Russian Navy 60 Portsmouth 9


Then onto a South African Navy ship Drakensberg to see an Oryx


Puma South African Navy 1234 Portsmouth 1



Puma South African Navy 1234 Portsmouth 3


The Indian Navy ship Mumbai had a Seaking


S-61N Indian Navy IN528 Portsmouth


Pakistan Navy Tippu Sultan had an Alouette


Alouette Pakistan Navy 36 Portsmouth


Finally, a Merlin on HMS Illustrious


Merlin RN ZH860 Portsmouth

A great day out.
Pete.

[Punkrunner62]

Looks like it was a great day out, some really interesting helos.
Cheers and Happy New Year.

[paddyboy]

Those Russki boys make some weird-looking helos

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[BlueBoy67]

Some nice shots there. Great few days to be in the area. I think your Russian is a Ka.31 rather than a 27 though.

Phil

[dragonchaser]

Some very interesting helo’s there, nice to see something a bit different, thanks.

[Londoneye]

Phil - Reports at the time said the Helix was a Ka-27PS, c/n 88610.
I am no expert, but from what I have read - the Ka-31 had the winch removed, and the under nose electro-optical suite reduced in size.
Glad folks have enjoyed some different helicopters.
thanks,
Pete.

[F3]

Liking the Kamov. A civvy one flew over my house the other month. Could nt believe my eyes. Apparently it was from Helisuisse over here on contract work and put in @ Doncaster/Sheffield Airport.

[tornado17]

Remember this event well, it was actually the last in Portsmouth of the International Festival of the Sea. It was preceded by the Trafalgar 200 Comemmorations which consisted of an International Fleet Review in the Solent in which all the above ships took part. The Queen reviewed the fleet with a flypast, a reenactment of Nelson being taken out to the Victory, Red Arrows display, tall ships sailing close by and then one of the best firework displays I have ever witnessed. At around 2300, the fleet of warships then switched on their decorative lights, a spectacular sight. The day after that, the majority of the ships entered harbour for the festival.