I've seen Nobbys out that way, and I would be v happy to see the old girl loom over the horizon (although belive that one is all grey)
Echo your thoughts Oggin, just because the rescue was "easy" doesn't devalue it in anyway and it must have been a nice change to not be carrying the mail/VIP/stores.
We do like to dole out praise on this forum, particularly to our SAR heroes, but I don't think its like they ask for the adulation, is it?
Tourist, I wonder how grateful you would be to get plucked from the inky ogsplash after a ditching?