HS-12 Sea King on final for runway 29 at NASNI

Scanned from a slide. 149906 is seen here returning from a pre-delivery training flight with Canadian crews to the Agusta facility at the last light of the day. The acquisition of the Cormorant fleet was a real disaster, as the Canadian government initially ordered 50 helicopters, then cancelled the contract at a cost of some 500 million USD, without getting one heli. Years later, the type was ordered again, but only 15 units were bought for the SAR role.

Based at nearby CFB Comox. When not on rescue missions they fly somewhere for lunch to maintain crew currency, as here.