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 Second Bucket From The Left2630 viewsSan Francisco Helo seems about to land in the bucket.
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 Jaws2591 viewsCoast Guard helicopter flying past the sulper structure of a docked ship near Fisherman's Warlf.
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 CG 1275 Remembered2584 viewsAfter all these years, still not finished. The aircraft resides at David-Montham Air Force Base,(boneyard) giving up parts.
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 Why?2546 viewsHis chute is larger than the plane he jumped from?

Near Vancouver, BC Canada
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 CG 12752525 viewsI flew on Coast Guard 1275, depicted here making a water landing.

It now resides, sadly, in the BONE YARD in Arizona .
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 No T Shirt2512 viewsBeen there,done that, no "T" Shirt.

One of every "Airdale's" dreaded duties, if you flew out of Elizabeth City, NC was to fly Ice Patrol from Argentia, Newfoundland. About the equivelent of a thirty day sentence in a freezer.

We actually located and plotted Ice Bergs and forecast their course.
   
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