Great footage

[Gardenshed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3SDnq7Z ... ata_player

Great footage from the RNLI Troon

[claymore]

Going to sound grumpy here but does the RNLI carry out this work on a full cost recovery, profitable basis or are my subs contributing to the colossal fuel bill that just got run up there?

[Nick]

Going to sound grumpy here . . .

Seems to be your permanent state these days.

[claymore]

Kettle, pan, sooty-airsed........

x

[Gardenshed]

Nae idea. Ask them.....

[lady_stormrider]

Is there a promotion for 300 as well?

[Telo]

Going to sound grumpy here but does the RNLI carry out this work on a full cost recovery, profitable basis or are my subs contributing to the colossal fuel bill that just got run up there?

And that's not even counting the cost of the helicopter.......

Given that Arran was off the map for over a week, I'm sure there were families who needed medical and other urgent supplies. I'm pleased RNLI was able to assist (umm, assuming it was emergency supplies...).

[cpedw]

[/cynic mode] I know they were short of electricity, which can be debilitating for a 21st century lifestyle, but were the ferries off too? A

[sahona]

Was that Lochranza they were delivering to? If so, it's possible the wee ferry from Kintyre wasn't running and the roads from Brodick were blocked. Justification possibly.

[claymore]

Dont understand why the helicopter was filming it. Surely it would have made more sense to just use a Seaking - we pay for those anyway

[wully]

Seaking

Is it no all S92's noo?




Or Pumas?

[Nick]

Seaking

Is it no all S92's noo?




Or Pumas?

Izzat not Soooopa Pumas?

[cpedw]

Never mind the helicopter anorakery, isn't the subject "Great footage" a bit passé in this digital age?

Derek

[wully]

Seaking

Is it no all S92's noo?




Or Pumas?

Izzat not Soooopa Pumas?

Nuthin sooper about Pumas- cramped, noisy, rattly, fall-out-the-sky French shyte.

Mind you, only one person at a time allowed on the boarding steps of the S92 - more than that and it might break off....

[mm5aho]

What happens to the radar picture when the angle of transmission and reception are changing so rapidly and at such an angle. At some points the angle must be into the water at 15degrees, and others perhaps 20-25 deg above horizon.
Does that make for difficult radar reception?