Fury as helicopter crew use helicopter for SAR mission

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From todays Sun

Embaressed Defence Chiefs have called for a inquiry as to why a West Country based helicopter actually went on an SAR mission.

The crew, Captained by Flt Lt Crab, are meant to sit around all day drinking tea on standby, conduct training missions and gob off on pilots website PPRUNE about how marvelous they are.

Instead the reckless crew took a Seaking HAT Mk17, of the same type flown by Prince Philip in the War of the Roses, and rescued a cat stuck up a tree in near by Barnstaple.

The flight, conducted in atrocious weather, with visibility down to nearly 20 miles at times with winds gusting to over 5 miles an hour
has angered local residents as a waste of tax payers money.

Pensioner Enid Imthick told Sun reporter John Madeupstory that she could not believe her eyes as the 50 tonne helicopter hovered with 500' of her house whilst the rescue of stranded cat Tiddles took place

"My tax payers money is for the RAF to spend all day telling us brilliant they are at SAR, not for things like this" she said

After the mission Flt Crab resumed his normal duties and spent the rest of the day telling anyone who was still awake how no one else was so uterley brilliant as the RAF and civilian SAR was completley dangerous and conducted by idiots.

Local Conservative MP William Expenseclaim has called for a full Public Enquiry

The Sun says -see page 9



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