Bron Luchtmacht:
50 jaar SAR Koninklijke Luchtmacht is het waard om gevierd te worden! Daarom organiseert het 303 SAR squadron op de vliegbasis Leeuwarden van 25 t/m 29 mei een internationale “Search and Rescue Meet”. Hiervoor worden eenheden verwacht uit Engeland, Frankrijk, België, Duitsland, Nederland en zelfs Canada!
First movement according SIS:
Fr 22-05 arr Leeuwarden, NL 1x CC-177 (C-17) CAF transport CH-146 for SAR Meet
Fr 29-05 arr Leeuwarden, NL 1x CC-177 (C-17) CAF pick up CH-146
Indeed, something actually worth coming over to Leeuwarden for!
Consider that the Canadian CC-177 will arrive on the Friday after Ascension day which for many people is a Bank Holiday anyway. Nice timing!
I actually heard some rumours that Canadian C-17 will come to Eindhoven to drop off the helicopter.
The helicopter will make some check flights from Eindhoven and will then leave for Leeuwarden.
Eindhoven was first on the list, but KLu people didn't want to work on their day off for a foreign aircraft, so it was decided that Leeuwarden would open for the CC-177.
I am curious if 303 SAR squadron will be able to participate in their own SAR meet. I was at Leeuwarden last week and only R-02 was present but with some technical issues. R-01 and R-03 are both in heavy maintenance so that leaves ehm..zero... flying Tweety's at the moment..