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15th Nov 2017

the RCAF's specialized SAR chopper! based on the AW101, it was built with the purpose of saving lives! creds to TheChubbyHusky for the AW101! i just tinkered with it a bit :P

helicopter rescue deco

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boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

and we watched from one of the bubble windows as the sartecs went down onto the deck of the trawler, put the chief on a "backboard", and hoist him, and the Sartec up into the chopper, with the Sartecs then starting to administer medical aid... IV fluid, syringes, oxygen masks, you name it, they were on it!
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

while we were viewing the sartecs practice a winch-extraction, a call came in from the coordination centre... a chief on a fishing trawler (aprox. 4 km. off the coast of the city of nanaimo) was in a state of medical distress; he needed an immediate medical evacuation! so we were able to stay inside the cormorant while this helicopter was speeding to the boat
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

so, how a training exercise works is simple, they do the training over the base and the water's off the coast near the base, and in an emergency, there are search and rescue technicians (AKA, SarTecs) who are on standby just in case an emergency comes in from the rescue coordination centre in victoria, the provincial capital...
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

now, this camp was 3 weeks long, and during the second week, we had the chance to participate in an interesting draw... if you win, you get to go INSIDE one of these heli's while it was IN FLIGHT, IN A TRAINING EXERCISE! and i was one of the three lucky winners...
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

for those who didnt notice, i was AFK fro most of the summer, and part of that reason was because i was in a royal canadian air cadet summer camp, in CFB comox, on vancouver island. this air force base is home to, i belive, 6 of these magnificent heli's, and 5 DHC-5 buffalo SAR planes, the only ones still active in the world!
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

you know, there's a reason i built this. guy's; i have an interesting story to tell...
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

thank you, everyone!
boomtish214 27th Nov 2016

ayyyyeeee!!! FP!
docRoboRobert 27th Nov 2016

Wow, Nice! 1+
IanA 27th Nov 2016

+1 because Canada.

The Powder Toy

CH-149 cormorant SAR heli by boomtish214

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