Florida / Key West / Sand Key lighthouse
ARLHS USA-724; ex-Admiralty J3006

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Album name:	mitko / Gulf Coast of US
Rating (1 votes):	(Show details)
Current status (active, not active, museum etc):	Inactive 1989-1998 and since 2014
Construction details (year of built, shape etc):	1853
Height of the tower, m:	36
Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc):	Fixed point
Coordinates (in any format):	24.453788,-81.8776489
Displayed:	61 times
Date added:	Oct 03, 2015
DateTime Original:	2005:05:23 23:01:36
Image Description:	050524-N-8683B-126 Key West, Fla. (May 24, 2005) -- Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West's UH-3H "Sea King" helicopter makes its last flight over the Sand Key lighthouse off the coast of Key West. The helicopter was transferred to NAS Pensacola, Fla. May 26, after serving as NAS' search and rescue helicopter for almost a decade. At the controls for the last training flight were Lieutenants Gainey Maxell and Tony Martinez. The aircrew for the flight was Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Matthew Turner, Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Alan Tenbroeck, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class George Marinez. U.S. Navy photo by James Brooks
IPTC Title:	050524-N-8683B-126
IPTC Keywords:	sand key lighthouse UH-3H UH-3 seaking key west helicopter H-3 search rescue sar last flight aerial air air awesome
IPTC Category:	N
IPTC Sub Categories:	703-614-9154 navyvisualnews@navy.mil Unclass
Keywords:	Key West / Florida / United States / Strait of Florida / Offshore
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