Pakistan Naval Aviation - Updated

[Rashid Mahmood]

Z-18 would be an ideal replacement for the venerable the SH-3 Sea King. The latter has served long past its shelf life, and in the coming years would be in need to be completely replaced.

There is no such thing as "Shelf Life" for an aircraft. It is not a consumable item.
PN never operated the SH-3.

 

[Nasr]

Yes thank you for the correction, Pakistan Navy hasn't operated SH-3s. The other variants of Sea King by OEM Sikorsky (American) and licensed built Westland (British). The "Shelf Life" was just an expression, what I meant was that this is an old rotorcraft and shall be in need of replacement. The Z-18s look ideal, in terms of size and capabilities.

 

[MastanKhan]

There is no such thing as "Shelf Life" for an aircraft. It is not a consumable item.
PN never operated the SH-3.

Hi,

Thank you very much for stating that---.

Young people think that to work good---everything has to be new---.

 

[MastanKhan]

There is no such thing as "Shelf Life" for an aircraft. It is not a consumable item.
PN never operated the SH-3.

Hi,

Anything that has to do with sensors---does not mean that when it gets old it becomes obsolete---.

My experience says that it all depends on your operator and your team leader---how they tag team the information.

 

[ghazi52]

 

[Windjammer]

 

[Aamir Hussain]

wow beautiful snap!! I saw this as i have the same view from my office window! Thanks for sharing windie

 

[Jäger]

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are the Seakings being upgraded or is there a plan to phase them out?

 

[Windjammer]

are the Seakings being upgraded or is there a plan to phase them out?

PN recently acquired some more from Britain after a major upgrade.

 

[syed_yusuf]

PN recently acquired some more from Britain after a major upgrade.

Acquired 3 one lost remaing 2 , .

One is for search and rescue and the other is for marine use

 

[Human One]

One is for search and rescue and the other is for marine use

Can they be converted for use in other roles?

 

[fatman17]

Acquired 3 one lost remaing 2 , .

One is for search and rescue and the other is for marine use

Actually 6, but 3 are being dismantled for spares.

 

[syed_yusuf]

Actually 6, but 3 are being dismantled for spares.

That is correct but only 2 got inducted for pn

 

[khanasifm]

The recent addition one has army green and yellow paint scheme vs older one having black/blueish tone

 

[blinder]

Actually 6, but 3 are being dismantled for spares.

I think 7 even:
3 inducted 17 HAR3A (yellow), 18 HC4+ (crashed), 19 HC4+ (green)
2 for spares in Pakistan ZA295 (HC4+) and ZH545 (HAR3A)
2 for spares remain in stock in UK ZA296 and ZA299 (both HC4+)
Or am I misinformed?