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SAR - Navigating, Searching, Hovering and Hoisting. Is it really all that difficult??
I don't suppose you have done any real SAR but SAR isn't a bit like flying in the N Sea which is dead easy when it is sunny, the wind is in the right direction on the rig and you aren't pushing the performance envelope. When it is night, the wind is blowing through the rig or it is light so you are pushing the performance envelope then it is more difficult.
When the visibility is poor, the cloudbase is low, the freezing level is low and there is lightning forecast a deputation troops up to the Senior pilot to suggest you all stay in the Ops room. This is when it gets more challenging and difficult for an SAR crew as they operate in these conditions so yes it can be really that difficult
Go Bristows!! The Inventers of SAR!!
I think we have to give the title of inventers of airborne SAR to the Navy with its' Walruses etc
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