AviationBanter - View Single Post - SH-2F Seasprite from HSL-31 winches up its sonar

**Dave Kearton** · March 3rd 07, 02:16 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation

wrote:
Hey Dave

when did you do 31.

I did it in 75 before establishing 37 at Barbers.

Ralph Deyo

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 17:27:32 +1030, "Dave Kearton"
wrote:

A couple of notes from Gordon,

The SH-2F isn't winching in sonar, he's shooting a roto-chute'd
SSQ-41 sonobuoy. Sorta looks like they are bringing up the MAD
bird, but its on the wrong side of the fuselage. Trust me, its an
outbound buoy.

BTW, that H-2 is my old nemesis, Copyright Zero Five! I've got
about 25 hours in that complete piece of ****. It crashed twice
before finally getting sent to the boneyard.

G'day Ralph,

You have the wrong end of the stick there. I'm a balding,
middle-aged, ex M-113 driver from Australia.

A very close friend of mine is Gordon Permann in San Diego, who was in
(among other units) HSL-33 in the late '70s and early '80s. Being
AOL challenged, he can't make it to the binary groups like normal folk, so
I post his pictures and any comments that he has.

Good to meet you though.

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Cheers

Dave Kearton