The new Bristow S92 Sikorsky Search and Rescue Service for Devon and Cornwall

At about 0900 on 1st January 2016 Bristow Helicopters took over Search and Rescue tasking from 771 Squadron at RNAS Culdrose. Bristow Helicopters will be running the service with state of the art Sikorsky S92 aircraft. It was a wet day for the handover as reflected in the images!

S92 Sikorsky Bristow Helicopter arrives at RNAS Culdrose

S92 Sikorsky Bristow Helicopter arrives at RNAS Culdrose

S92 Sikorsky Bristow Helicopter departing RNAS Culdrose

S92 Sikorsky Bristow Helicopter departing RNAS Culdrose

S92 Sikorsky Bristow Helicopter departs RNAS Culdrose having assumed responsibility for future SAR operations

Final Duty for 771 Squadron Search and Rescue Unit

At around 0900 on 31st Dec 2015 the Royal Navy 771 Sea King commenced it's final Search and Rescue 24 hour period covering operations prior to the tasking handover to Bristow Helicopters on 1st Jan 2016

Here are some images, the day stated with sunny spells but soon turned to torrential rain.