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SEA KING XZ592

Sea King XZ592 is the perfect example of the aircraft type employed on SAR duties at RAF Lossiemouth. A dedicated search and rescue (SAR) version, the HAR3, was developed for the RAF Search and Rescue Force. The type entered service in 1978 to replace the Westland Whirlwind HAR.10.

NIMROD XV240​

XV240 was one of two prototype (XV147 and XV148) and an initial batch of thirty-eight production (XV226 to XV263) Nimrod aircraft manufactured under Air Staff Requirement (ASR) 381 to replace the Shackleton aircraft. On 8 November 2011, XV240 was broken up at RAF Kinloss.  The forward fuselage up to frame 22 was purchased by ‘Morayvia’​

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ANTONOV AN-2

The Antonov An-2 is an extremely durable, relatively light single-engine biplane which first flew on 31 August 1947. The aircraft was designed by Oleg KonstantinovichAntonov at Kiev for utility transport use requiring short field performance. Its extraordinary slow-flight capabilities make it supremely suited for short, unimproved fields, and some specialised variants have also been built for cold weather and other extreme environments.