RAF Seaking gets lost near Hull.
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And good on you and your wife for granting them hospitality; it's nice to know there are still some out there who appreciate the SAR crews and are willing to show it and later to come here to say so. 
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Thanks for the reply Shy Torque, it was the least we could have done, and I will never forget the support and confidence that I felt knowing that help was available when I may have needed it in times now long gone.
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From: UK
Lost v Blizzard
As the Captain of the aforementioned aircraft I can catagorically state that we landed to avoid blizzard conditions! Unusual I know in East Yorkshire, but thems the breaks....In total we were forced to land twice.
So there!
Can somebody recall the witch-hunt for me before they get carried away?
So there!
Can somebody recall the witch-hunt for me before they get carried away?
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From: Maders UK
Sea King in a Blizzard
Well done Leconfield Sea King guys for making the right decision and landing - 
very smart move in the circumstances. Safety first etc...
The November before last (2005) during the snow dump that brought Cornwall to a standstill I was stranded at Treliske Hospital in Truro. The A30 (my route home) was blocked by abandoned Nissan Micras and a variety of Kias and Hyundais so I waited for several hours before slaloming home in my Range Rover at midnight when everybody else had given up the ghost of crossing Bodmin Moor..(so much for not needing a 4x4 - mine saved me from having to hunker down with a stuffed rabbit/kitten at the Jamaica Inn
).
During the wait for the road to clear (as well as sampling the exquisite delicacies of the hospital canteen
) I watched the sea kings approaching the treliske hospital helipad bringing casualties in. It was a proper blizzard - full white out conditions.
How they could see anything in the last 50 ft of the approach I do not know.
If it wasn't a blizzard already it certainly was by the time their downwash started licking up the snow.
Heroes to a man IMHO - that was a night when almost everybody had given up on driving and the Sea Kings were still going.
SB
very smart move in the circumstances. Safety first etc... The November before last (2005) during the snow dump that brought Cornwall to a standstill I was stranded at Treliske Hospital in Truro. The A30 (my route home) was blocked by abandoned Nissan Micras and a variety of Kias and Hyundais so I waited for several hours before slaloming home in my Range Rover at midnight when everybody else had given up the ghost of crossing Bodmin Moor..(so much for not needing a 4x4 - mine saved me from having to hunker down with a stuffed rabbit/kitten at the Jamaica Inn
).During the wait for the road to clear (as well as sampling the exquisite delicacies of the hospital canteen
) I watched the sea kings approaching the treliske hospital helipad bringing casualties in. It was a proper blizzard - full white out conditions.How they could see anything in the last 50 ft of the approach I do not know.
If it wasn't a blizzard already it certainly was by the time their downwash started licking up the snow.
Heroes to a man IMHO
- that was a night when almost everybody had given up on driving and the Sea Kings were still going.SB
