I'm thinking Pink and an all female crew :}

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Al-bert - no, not too young to remember the Wessex tail wheel sketch - in fact it is what prompted me to join up as a SAR boy - living on the South Coast we were in full receipt of the RN PR machine in the early 80's;)

Picture the scene at Valley, early '80s, a visit from a group of Well Informed MP's. One WIMP says " Oh, I thought the Navy did all the Air Sea Rescue!"

That was when Culdrose had the only dedicated RN sar flt, albeit with 2nd line crews (SAR was even described as a tertiary role for 819) and the RAF had nine flights. :ugh:
Oh well, I think red and white quite fetching, better than orange and black - that's too '70s :hmm:

Coff I'll be thinking of that too - now:ok:

Three quarters of the way there to an all-female crew at Chivenor already;)

Seriously ... Bristows need to come up with a better SAR Scheme than they did first time round ...

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Coff.

So is that a bit like a rotary Pussy Galore?................I'll get my coat...............again!

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We are not quite up to Wessex tail-wheels anymore....

Tourist :D:ok:

This paint scheme has worked fine for many years.....


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Wander00 ... Yep ... and it's a threesome :E

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Do you like the new Immersion Suits ?

Coff.

Nah ... Sorry SASless old mate ... too Baywatch :p

Tourist ... Trust the Navy to do a Long John Silver impression with a helicopter :D

and they're wearing the new winchman/persons 'downhill integral crampon kitted' (dick) footwear too! :E

Image shall be everything in the new SAROP.

Away with the old Pickle Suit mentality and in with more trendy safety apparel.

These Rescue Swimmers show the way to the future.




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Improving all the time SASless old chap :ok:

So what will happen in the Falklands?
 

So, as the SAR fleet is going to be replaced, what will happen to the requirement for the same in Falklands? Are they going to keep a few SKs, or does the Bristow contract include the islands?

What will happen to the next-but-one in line to the throne? Cut short his RAF career and, following in Uncle Andy's footsteps, do a spell with the Dark Blues? Or is a Merlin course in the offing?

Maybe he'll fly for Bristow!

P1

The Bristow contract does not include the islands. It will be the subject of a separate bidding process some time in the next couple of years.