Shannon SAR approaching it's 20th Anniverary.

[Pink Panther]

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2009/0703/1224249961306.html
 
PP.

[papa 242]

Thanks for the reminder PP, I was the winch op on that first crew on the 4th Sept.1989.
Can't believe it's 20 years!
Cheers,
John

[Tony Kearns]

Thanks for the reminder PP, I was the winch op on that first crew on the 4th Sept.1989.
Can't believe it's 20 years!
Cheers,
John

Ah John, you couldn't be that OLD!
Tony K

[Pink Panther]

You are more than welcome John, and you don't look a day over twenty yourself.

[papa 242]

Twenty what though?? But we were a handsome bunch!!!  ......thanks guys!

[Tony Kearns]

Hi John, any chance of putting names to the picture, I do have some but not all?
Great picture.
Tony K

[GoneToTheCanner]

Hi there
From the left: "Spence" O'Hanlon, Brendan?, "Tiny" Crean, refueller guy?, Dave Carolan, the next guy; his name escapes me but I know him,?, Frank Condon(now Aer Lingus), Flan Garry(ex-IAA?), Jim?, don't know the names of the rest.
regards
GttC

[EIN6914]

Can anyone confirm the HF frequencies that SAR use off the Irish coast; is it the same as for the UK, ie 5680 khz?