Friday 19 February 2016

Penlee Lifeboat and Newquay SAR helicopter train together for first time

Good conditions for photography and the exercise was not to distant from the coast. The new helicopter and crew certainly seemed to work well with the lifeboat crew so should bode well for the future.

Winchman below the SAR Helicopter

Lifeboat and Helicopter training in Mounts Bay

Winching exercise, large downdraft from helicopter

Newquay based SAR Helicopter with St Michael's Mount in background