Coastguard spotter aircraft trip.

[Andy the Coastie]

8 Feb.

Having got a full compliment of watch keepers back on our watch after nearly 4 months, I rang our duty pilot of the spotter pane at Manston, to see if it was ok with him to take my watch boss and I for a fly round the coast .

Pre flight checks.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...r/LPIC0229.jpg

Flying past my home town looking at Deal castle from 150 feet .


Wood from the ICE PRINCE in piles around Fairlight .


Low level flights , identifying fishing vessels around the Eastbourne area. Viz was crap 20 miles out.



We turn around at Beachy head lighthouse ….. and my time to fly the aircraft , chasing trawlers for indent’s to see how the pilots do it .



Flying the aircraft is very easy , touch on the controls and very very acrobatic. I found it very worrying when we had to drop from 200 ft , once the trawler was located ( position given from work over the radio ) ….. then fly at wave top level , creeping up on the poor skipper , then reading back to the station …. Name , port ,, position ,course , speed .




A excellent day out …………

[Finless]

Cool day out! YLB!

Why was Beachy Head lighthouse built at a slant?

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Finless

Cool day out! YLB!

Why was Beachy Head lighthouse built at a slant?

ha ha ha ,,,,,,, you had to notice , didn't ya. coz i was trying to take a pic , when the pilot decided to play spitfire pilots

do you know any of them fishing boats ? air photos for sale for a donation to the Eastbourne RNLI box.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by Andy the Coastie

ha ha ha ,,,,,,, you had to notice , didn't ya. coz i was trying to take a pic , when the pilot decided to play spitfire pilots

do you know any of them fishing boats ? air photos for sale for a donation to the Eastbourne RNLI box.

I. I'm only interested in boats that have sunk.
2. I could never remeber f*ck all about them after a dive.
3. HTH do you expect me to remember anything about boats on the surface?

[mukey]

Originally Posted by Finless;

2. I could never remeber f*ck all about them after a dive.

Could this have anything to do with your tendency to swim in the opposite direction to where the wrecks actually were ??

[Richard Mason]

Originally Posted by Finless

Cool day out! YLB!

Why was Beachy Head lighthouse built at a slant?

So the trawler skipper could save diesel by motoring downhill.

[Andy the Coastie]

Mukey,

I'll ring you in the summer and get some photos of your boat ,,, will be good for your website.