Sikorsky S-61N EI-SAR was doing some winch training with a RIB in Galway Bay on Sunday and I managed to get a few photos. It made a low pass along the Salthill Promenade at one point and winched three or four times from the RIB before heading back to Shannon.
Here she is starting her low run along the prom.
If you look closely at the winch you can see it has a second, spare, winch clamped on to the body of the first. This is the first time I've seen this on a Coastguard S-61N.
I hit the wrong button on my camera and managed to get a black and white photo. It's a poor shot but you can just see the winchman suspended under the helicopter.
Blue Monday.
