Flight deck fire and rescue training, Royal Navy 1960's

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Flight deck fire and rescue training, Royal Navy 1960's

This picture is of a Helcopter fire and rescue course. I trained on a similar course, we had to go in the fire and rescue a life sized dummy from the helicopter, the more teams went in the heavier the dummy got !!,

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Barry Huyett

Barry Huyett 22 Oct 2023

Like this. I has similar training in USMC back in 1964!

Sno* Smith

Sno* Smith 03 Aug 2019

Wow! What an incredible training experience and great capture!

Geoff Cooper
Artist Reply: Hi Sno ! nice to see you again ! It really was amazing training, I was the helicopter fire and rescue team on my ship on a world cruise !
Barry Huyett

Barry Huyett 27 May 2019

Amazing. like this pic.

Geoff Cooper
Artist Reply: Thanks for your kind comment, it was a strange feeling walking in the flames, we had to fireproof our own suits with Borax, it kept it frire proof for 4 minutes, had to get in and out quickly !
Al Budarin

Al Budarin 03 Sep 2018

Fantastic & Amazing To See A Training Exercise as this ,as it's a Total Fire Ball,nowhere to Escape,Incredible

Geoff Cooper
Artist Reply: Thank you Al for your comment, we had to go in to the helicopter and bring out a dummy pilot, it was a weeks good training, I was Helicopter fire and rescue on my ship for a world cruise.
Sharon De Vore

Sharon De Vore 14 Jul 2018

FASCINATING IMAGE AND STORY, GEOFF.

Geoff Cooper
Artist Reply: Thank you dear Sharon !!