Army or Coast Guard helicopters around Six Mile Island

LivingTheLife · 07-18-2018, 02:22 PM

Today there were several helicopters hovering around and dropping cages into the water during HIGH winds. Either doing a rescue operation for practice or real life. In over 35 years ... never seen this occur. Anyone hear of anything happening? Hoping it was just practice ....

The Real BigGuy · 07-18-2018, 03:16 PM

In the past the army national guard has run practice drills on the lake. I’m betting this was a drill. You could get multiple MP boats to 6 mile in the time it would take to get a chopper to lake from Sandwich Ma (nearest active CG air station I believe) or Concord NG to perform an actual rescue.

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07-18-2018, 02:22 PM	#1
LivingTheLife Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 1 Post	Army or Coast Guard helicopters around Six Mile Island Today there were several helicopters hovering around and dropping cages into the water during HIGH winds. Either doing a rescue operation for practice or real life. In over 35 years ... never seen this occur. Anyone hear of anything happening? Hoping it was just practice ....

07-18-2018, 03:16 PM	#2
The Real BigGuy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,306 Thanks: 125 Thanked 467 Times in 285 Posts	In the past the army national guard has run practice drills on the lake. I’m betting this was a drill. You could get multiple MP boats to 6 mile in the time it would take to get a chopper to lake from Sandwich Ma (nearest active CG air station I believe) or Concord NG to perform an actual rescue. Sent from my iPhone using Winnipesaukee Forum mobile app