Sunday 15th March, in Scarborough South Bay, just off the old outdoor swimming pool.
The Coastguard, RNLI, and RAF Search & Rescue held a co ordinated training exercise drawing a crowd of spectators as the helicopter landed on the Astro Map which has replaced the old Lido.
The Big Yellow Helecopter (could almost be the a song title, that! ) has been a fairly regular sight off the Yorkshire Coast over the years but, sadly, it's days are now numbered.
A newer, better replacement for the Westland, a Sikorsky, is planned to take over soon. It will be based at Humberside Airport instead of RAF Leconfield wich will mean that the RAF lads are redundant as S&R is privatised.
What's next? The Red Arrows??
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