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mickjoebill
20th Jun 2014, 11:20
Deserving award to a crew from Victorian Police Airwing.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24280879/bravery-award-police-involved-in-kevin-costner-style-rescue-of-solo-sailor-honoured/
Aussiecop
20th Jun 2014, 12:55
Well done fellas. I had the opportunity to fly with the guys back in 2008. They are a great crew. They have one of the most diverse mission profiles I have seen in the many police air units I have visited.
ShyTorque
20th Jun 2014, 14:53
Well done, chaps, award deserved.
During my time in the police role in UK, one crew did an ad-hoc sea rescue and not long afterwards the CAA put out a written edict threatening us all never to do it again! (I think we would all have ignored it had the need arisen).
It was rather impressive.
The video, which I have looked for but can't find showed exactly what happened.
Looking at the location, anyone know why the Police helicopter was used ?
Edit
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-22/braving-rough-seas3a-police-release-vision-of-rescue/4643950
John Eacott
21st Jun 2014, 03:04
BZ to the crew :ok:
500N, the State Police have the primary responsibility for SAR statewide and offshore.
whoateallthepies
22nd Jun 2014, 05:48
Excellent, bloody well done! Superb job. Big seas/small boats still give me flashbacks from my Wessex SAR days, it demands top performance and that is what these guys delivered.
(I was the poor sod did the ad-hoc sea rescue UK. CAA interviewed me before issuing their edict. But they know any pilot would do the same thing again! Bless them.)
ShyTorque
22nd Jun 2014, 06:43
Whoate,
And well done to you, too! :ok:
The CAA stance after your incident was crass, imho.