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Offshore Wind Farm Helicopter Search and Rescue Trials

List of figures

1North Hoyle Offshore Wind Farm from Gwaenysgor
2Charted details of North Hoyle wind farm
330 turbines within an area approximately 1.0 X 1.75 n.m.
4North Hoyle Vestas turbine
5Mk lll Sea King of C Flight , 22 Squadron
6Port side of aircraft
7TV and TI camera housing
8Cockpit
9Radar observer’s booth, port side
10Cabin interior
11“Lady Gwen ll”
12“Celtic Wind”
13Round 1 and Round 2 offshore wind farm proposals
14RNLI lifeboat stations
15Rhyl lifeboat “ Lill Cunningham”
16Training of Rhyl Lifeboat crew by Npower personnel
17Thermal image of wind farm with “Celtic Wind” near turbines
18Thermal images of “Celtic Wind” and “Lady Gwen ll”
19Thermal image of “Lady Gwen lll” similar size to Mersey Class RNLI lifeboat
20Person being evacuated by fall arrest harness to “Celtic Wind
21Thermal image of personnel on platform
22Rotor configuration specified by MGN 275 (M), Annex 4.
23Radar mounted in Ford Transit van and positioned as required
24BHP Billiton radar at Gwaenysgor
25Gwaenysgor radar site
26Positions of the mobile radar and the BHP Billiton radar head
27Radar display from Gwaenysgor
28Seascape Impact Assessment, suggested wind farm layouts