Irish Coast guard heli's

Michael Angelo.

Iv just finished work and couldnt sleep so started slobbering on-line. Checked up a site that shows active coast guard helicopters on a map, It showed the Shannon based heli 42 nautical miles out in the atlantic, im sure they were further im guessing the ais technology is constrained by distance. Any way I'd just like to say Fair fcuks to them lads and ladies!!! risking your own lives 24 hours a day in any weather, Thanks!!

oh the site is sar.ie/rescue

maglite

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/


sar1173 is the ais name. THe above URL did't work for me.
Ship Type: SAR Aircraft
Status: Underway
Speed/Course: 116 kn / 272˚
Altitude 152 m

Also AFAIK AIS is based of of VHF so it is limited range. Could be wrong thou, too lazy to look it up

Klunk001

http://www.rescue.ie/sar.htm

eroo

Klunk001 wrote: »

http://www.rescue.ie/sar.htm

Does this actually work?

Klunk001

eroo wrote: »

Does this actually work?

Yes, read what it says at the bottom of the map.