Had a pretty cool experience yesterday whilst out diving.
The local rescue helicopter has a new winchman in need of training, and they teamed up with one of our dive charters (Dive! Tutukaka) to get some practice for the new guy.
We were on board and got to see the whole thing. For divers who have never seen the precision with with the chopper pilots are flying it was a real eye-opener. It was also good for people to see what is involved in air lifting someone from a boat 10nm out to sea. Shame we didn't have a Rescue course running!
Some of my photos have made it on to the Dive! Tutukaka page on Facebook:
D!T on Facebook
Once I sort through all the rest, I'll post some more up.
There's also a video on YouTube:
YouTube - Rescue Helicopter Training
And to top it off, had an awesome dive in Scary Cave after the training. Good visibility beyond the restriction enabled us to start surveying the fresh water chamber at the end, which was very cool.
The local rescue helicopter has a new winchman in need of training, and they teamed up with one of our dive charters (Dive! Tutukaka) to get some practice for the new guy.
We were on board and got to see the whole thing. For divers who have never seen the precision with with the chopper pilots are flying it was a real eye-opener. It was also good for people to see what is involved in air lifting someone from a boat 10nm out to sea. Shame we didn't have a Rescue course running!
Some of my photos have made it on to the Dive! Tutukaka page on Facebook:
D!T on Facebook
Once I sort through all the rest, I'll post some more up.
There's also a video on YouTube:
YouTube - Rescue Helicopter Training
And to top it off, had an awesome dive in Scary Cave after the training. Good visibility beyond the restriction enabled us to start surveying the fresh water chamber at the end, which was very cool.
