x2!
7 hour flight to the site of the beacon...then they have to search the area...and the swimmer has to go into the water. Not to mention the huricane they flew through to get there. God bless those guys.
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Deadliest Catch
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x2!
7 hour flight to the site of the beacon...then they have to search the area...and the swimmer has to go into the water. Not to mention the huricane they flew through to get there. God bless those guys.
SkiDork
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can someone summarize what happened? Which boat did the fisherman fall off of?
o3jeff
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Wasn't any of the ones on the show, was a cod fishing boat(i think that was what they said) that was about 900 mile away. More to show that the dangers exist and what extent the CG goes thru.
RootDKJ
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Unreal. 7 hours back to base with a dead body in the chopper, back through the hurricane..
SkiDork
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thats a huge range for a chopper - 14 hours? Wow.
I don't know exactly what the range for those choppers are, but they can refuel in the air from one of those C-130 tankers.
SkiDork
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oh cool! Did that actually occur on the show?
drjeff
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Just remember, the rescue attempt is on going and will continue in next weeks episode as there's still something like 10 people missing - and I'm doing my best to resist googling the event to see what ultimately happens
If they did it, they didn't show it. But they are basically Blackhawks outfitted for rescue work and I see the National Guard practicing refueling with the Blackhawks over my house once in a while.
SkiDork
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mondeo
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They had a couple external fuel tanks, plus there was a CG cutter with a flight deck used. Probably refueled on the cutter once or twice.
I think they sent out a C-130 with the chopper. Not sure if it was a refueling plane though.
mondeo
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So far as I know, only MH-60 Pave Hawks can refuel in-flight; they're Black Hawks modified for combat search and rescue for the Air Force. You can tell them apart by the retractable refueling probe.
SkiDork
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so I'm guessing the cutters are kinda just stationed out there on a permanent basis waiting to refuel rescue choppers?
drjeff
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Kind of guessing with that storm raging and the seas that it was kicking up, that if they did a cutter based refuel that the landing must have been fun 
May very well though been a ground based refuel at some of the outer Aleution Island bases, or else I'm guessing that they would have had those camera's rolling during the refuel
May very well though been a ground based refuel at some of the outer Aleution Island bases, or else I'm guessing that they would have had those camera's rolling during the refuel
mondeo
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I think they can do a hovering refuel, avoiding the landing. Would still be pretty hairy, I'd guess.Kind of guessing with that storm raging and the seas that it was kicking up, that if they did a cutter based refuel that the landing must have been fun
Hawkshot99
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I know I have seen vids of CG's doing plane to helicopter refuels before.
I love the show too. Tivo it every week.
A guy who works for me used to be in the Coast Guard and He was stationed in Alaska. The stories he tells are incredible. He wasn't a rescue swimmer though he said those guys are the top of the class. The Coast guard equal to a Navy Seal or Army ranger.
He said most of the time the were chasing Japanese fishing boats who were disregarding our fishing laws.
A guy who works for me used to be in the Coast Guard and He was stationed in Alaska. The stories he tells are incredible. He wasn't a rescue swimmer though he said those guys are the top of the class. The Coast guard equal to a Navy Seal or Army ranger.
He said most of the time the were chasing Japanese fishing boats who were disregarding our fishing laws.
o3jeff
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Very sad episode so far.
