Worth Watching #33
This one is for the dauphin/dolphin lovers out there, myself included. It isn’t the most exciting Worth Watching I’ve posted, but for a real fan, it could be. Mute, select 720p and full screen – just my recommendation.
USCG Dolphin Rescue Caught On Tape
A fisherman owes his life to the Coast Guard after he waded too far from shore on Monday. He had been fishing near Rollover Pass in Texas when the strong currents began pulling him out to sea. He was able to grab on to the piling but also was becoming entangled in fishing line. The [...]
Coast Guard MH-65C Dolphin Crashes In California
Three crew members walked away from a crash during a training exercise in Northern California just before 11 a.m. today. The incident took place at the Arcata-Eureka airport causing private plane traffic to be shut down. Commercial traffic is allowed to land though and United Express customers were told to expect delays of two hours [...]
HH-65C Sinks In Lake Huron
Around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday night an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crashed into Lake Huron with three on board. The U.S. Coast Guard aircraft was involved in nighttime hoist training exercises when it sank for unknown reasons about nine miles north of Port Huron. The three people on board were able to exit the aircraft and were [...]
Maryland State Police AS365 Tail Rotor Incident
One of the Maryland State Police AS365 Dauphins had a tail rotor strike during takeoff around 11 pm Thursday night (sorry for the delayed update, I’ve been in Chicago the last few days so catching up.) The helicopter, which is normally based at the Andrews Air Force Base, had just dropped off two patients at [...]
Police AS365 Rescues Stranded Man In Maryland
Recent storms forced a family living in a remote, mountainous region of Maryland to evacuate their mobile home for a safer location. They managed to get out last Friday but the man then returned to clear the driveway of snow and take care of their animals. The drifting snow conditions prevented him from making it [...]
