Irish Coast Guard Exercise at Spike Island

Recently The Irish Coast Guard S92 helicopter from Waterford held a rescue exercise with ground units from Crosshaven ICG, watched by a group from Scouting Ireland, at Spike Island in Cork Harbour.

Photos – Dave Crowley, Marc Lake

A composite photo above shows the arrival and lift-off paths (from right to left) of the Sikorsky S92 EI-ICS flown by Capt Barry O’Connor. Seen from Camden which is 3km away. In the background is the cathedral town of Cobh, 5km distant! Photo – Gabriel Desmond.

Thanks to Vincent Farr and others at ICG for their help.

Gabriel Desmond
Gabriel Desmond
Cork based Gabriel Desmond has been documenting aviation in Ireland and around the world for over 60 years. A regular contributor to Flying in Ireland, his photographs and articles have been used in a wide range of aviation publications as well as news and corporate media.

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