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HARPY on exercise with Rescue-117
Tuesday, 25/June/13 and HARPY is drafted-in for a helicopter exercise. Rescue-117, (call sign EI-CXS), the Waterford unit of the Irish Coastguard rescue helicopter service was looking for a "volunteer".
HARPY was called up on Channel 16. What had been a quiet days fishing in lovely weather was about to become very busy and very, very noisy...
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- Irish Coastguard's helicopter Rescue-117, (EI-CXS), on her initial approach to HARPY.
- Winchman about to descend.
- Winchman approaches.
- Winchman descending...
- Rescuer touchdown.
- Directly overhead.
- Sidling away.
- What a blast!
- What a day!
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