A real life rescue of two men that had been cut off by the incoming tide and were forced to climb rocks until getting stuck. Sea King helicopter
A real life rescue of two men that had been cut off by the incoming tied and were forced to climb rocks until getting stuck. The RNLI launch is just for back up. The mail victim has been lifted from the rocks and is being raised up to the helicopter. Sea King HAS5 is serial ZA134 from 771 Squadron based at Culdrose. The Sea King was developed from the , beginning in Jan 1979 with major avionics update and introduced a Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) housed in the starboard undercarriage sponson and winched away from the airframe for operations. f/f 14 Aug 1980, first 2 handed to RN on 2 Oct 1980. From 1980, 30 (new) Sea King were built with a Thorn-EMI (MEL) Sea Searcher radar, Plessey dipping sonar, Racal Orange Crop ESM, Jezebel passive sonobuoys and composite rotors to replace original all-metal ones. 35 conversions were rebuilt as in early 1980s. 771 Naval Air Squadron was formed in 1939 at Lee-on-Solent as a Fleet Requirements Unit flying a variety of fixed wing aircraft. In Sep 1945 it received the Hoverfly, making 771 the first naval air squadron to operate helicopters, which it used until May 1947. It moved to RNAS Culdrose in Sep 1974. 6 of its Wessex were left at RNAS Portland, to form the basis of 772 Squadron. The Wessex was replaced by the twin turbine powered Wessex in 1979. In 1985, it absorbed 707 Squadrons Wessex when it took over Commando Helicopter Training and the Wessex were replaced by the Westland Sea King in Oct 1987 as the Squadron assumed a long range, day/night and all weather SAR capability and then converted to the In July 2001, 771 Squadron assumed the responsibility for Advanced and Operational Flying Training for Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) Pilots and Observers, as well as the residual Sea King & Pilot Conversion and Refresher Courses. On 1 Nov 2001, the unit took administrative responsibility for HMS Gannet SAR Flight, when it absorbed 819 Squadron at Prestwick
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Location: Perranporth, Cornwall, UK
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