For those who scoff at a 212, remember that for the most part they replaced B-model Iroquois. These aircraft were fitted with the following navaids and hovering equipment:
1. Single ADF
2. FM homing
3. Nothing else
4. Still nothing else
5. Ditto
6. More of the above
7. Same as points 1 to 6.
8. See point 7
Pretty bluddy basic, and when you are 30 miles out to sea in a gale with 300' cloudbase looking for three idiots in a sinking yacht, you feel a bit vulnerable. Specially when you find them in a raft, and there are 6 of them, and you already have a crew of four on board, and there are only 3 seats spare. And when they have all been hoisted aboard, and you get them back to Willy, they trot off to a press conference, and don't even say thank you...
A 212 is a huge improvement, and a 412 or 76 is nirvana.
