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| Sitting at the lip of the Cormorant's bay. |
One of the SAR CH-149 Cormorants from Comox was practicing maneuvers with our local CCGS Cape Caution
one day last week. I watched them winch down 3 SAR personnel, from the Cormorant to the deck of the
Caution, not an easy thing to do in the wash from that propeller.
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| Hanging by a thread. |
Note that he - or she - is wearing a full wetsuit,. Even aside from maybe going in the chuck, that's a lot of
wet thrown up by the Cormorant.
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| Still hanging, but ... |
And I will readily admit that whoever it is on the end of that cable, they have more nerve than I do.
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| ,,, getting closer. |
The Caution has a 14' beam, which is not an overly large target.
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| And the eagle has landed! |
Oh my! Great photography Paul!
ReplyDeleteGreat series! There's so much skill in targeting the person and the cable...and avoiding all that equipment above deck. It looks like everything is suspended in airborne water. I've seen our local coasties demonstrate a water rescue from a helicopter. Not as tricky as this one but not something where some bozo just drops out of a chopper either.
ReplyDeleteThe Cormorant used to come up the lake to practice water drills, but I haven't seen it for a long time. It's great for all our military and first responders to practice so they are prepared for whatever may come. - Margy
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