Earlier in the thread I was asking about workers offshore and PPRuNe member diginagain said he was communicating from a rig in the North Sea using a satellite link. I don't know the total number of workers offshore but in the longterm wouldn't it be useful if they could have wifi access so that they could use their laptops/iPads for personal communications, maybe Skyping their family etc? Perhaps it would be possible to float a string of buoys with repeaters to cover some of the areas instead of using satellite connections?
Re: deck landings in fog, how different is the technology used for automated approaches from that being used in unmanned helicopters. I read that the Kaman K-Max was able to make fully automatic flights returning and landing at its operating base.
Last edited by HeliStudent; 25th Jul 2013 at 19:19.