From most of the posts above the advice seems to assume that the unfortunate aircraft will ditch in the English Channel or the Irish sea.

My opinions voiced above are not limmited to the waters near the UK and are what I would do if I was about to ditch away from the UK in an area that is not as well covered with SAR assets, with the airliners all monitering 121.5 these days if you are about to ditch in the Southern Med the first responce that get to a "Mayday call" is likely to be from an airliner.

This leads me to think that most of you don't venture much south of Le Touquet................ there is a whole world of great flying to be had if you go south....... go do it !!

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Boom,

Yup, all mod cons, even more when shes finnished no doubt! Remember dinghys at least bounce, and you'd be surprised how manouverable those 'boats' are when they have something to think about!

Don't mention car ferries! - you ever see a Coastguard 406 intercept a cargo ship - me neither, but I am told its pretty spectacular!! :hmm:

The only people that had their s@!* wired together that day were the Cov Recce coastguard boys from Cov and Manston.

I believe that if you approach them nicely they might even let you have a look the next time you land away at Manston - heaven knows the airport needs the landing fees!

I understand the Big Boss for Reconnaissance at Cov is Air Marshal Cliff Spink.

They're a super bunch of guys down to earth and very modest with it if a little weird!!:=