AK
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i was doing my refresher course for Offshore Survival....
Incuded being spun round upside down under water in a helicopter, burning my lugs putting out fires etc..... good fun
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3CorsaMeal
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i would be the limp body found at bottom of pool at the end of exercise if it were me
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AK
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somefolk were briking it but there are divers etc in the pool with you if you do get stuck in the belts, windows etc...
Was alot more realistic than last time.... actualy had to open the exits underwater/upside down...
Did 7 dunks....
1 controlled ditch
1 controlled submersion with windows
1 controlled submersion with windows and re-breathers
1 uncontrolled submersion with windows
1 uncontrolled submersion with re-breather
1 uncontrolled capsize with windows
1 uncontrolled capsize with rebreather
had the usual stuff like bobbing around in the pool with lifejackets on with simulated rain etc.... getting into survival crafts etc
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Corsa E-Tec
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do you go to sea then or something sometimes?
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AK
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yup....
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3CorsaMeal
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a real helicopter crashing into the sea??
thought u meant a simulator in big swimming pool
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AK
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yup..... the simulator thing dropped into a pool
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Skipz
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when i red mon tues wed.... i thought it was gonna be followed by Happy Days... 
the being spun upside down under water sounds good
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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Skipz
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Carr
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quote: Originally posted by h18_oab
when i red mon tues wed.... i thought it was gonna be followed by Happy Days... 
the being spun upside down under water sounds good
the thought of happy days crossed my mind too
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mav
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bet that feeling is amazin Adam...............
would like to try it...............
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Dave1682
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What exactly do u do Mr Kindness?

For a living I mean
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Skipz
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quote: Originally posted by Carr
quote: Originally posted by h18_oab
when i red mon tues wed.... i thought it was gonna be followed by Happy Days... 
the being spun upside down under water sounds good
the thought of happy days crossed my mind too
lol I'm too young to remember Happy days fooking Sky channels are bastards for repeatin it
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miss_bravo
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quote: Originally posted by Adam Kindness
i was doing my refresher course for Offshore Survival....
Incuded being spun round upside down under water in a helicopter, burning my lugs putting out fires etc..... good fun
Is the course in Montrose?
My mates just done the same one, he's going off to work on the rigs in March and needed it for that! The folks who run it must be making some amount of money from that place!
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