Spotter Challenge
News from our colleagues at PEP Air Kamloops. Remember you are travelling at approx 90 nm/hr, can you spot the jeep at a glance without blowing the image size up? From what I understand the Jeep was found but the [...]
October Update
CASARA (PEP Air) Nanaimo have had a busy start to the month, the JRCC have tasked us twice and we have conducted three training flights to maintain currency standards for both Pilots & Navigators. The first task was to search [...]
Busy Month, already!
In addition to the two call-outs, three training flights have also been crewed already this month. The flights in GIEO were conducted to provided currency updates for Warren, Jim & Wolfgang. One AN the other two Patterns. Thanks to all [...]
Task Oct 6th.
JRCC tasked us for a second time this month. ELT distress beacon was reported in the Qualicum Beach area. Jim despatched Howard & Dallen to investigate. After an initial search found no signal it was learnt that there had been [...]
On Task, October 1st
Early Sunday morning we were tasked to provide air support to Campbell River SAR to search for a missing person, who had failed to return home from a hunting trip the previous day. The search area was quite extensive and [...]
August 16th, Exercise
Membership participation for the Exercise totaled 17, enabling us to crew two full flights, put two ELT team on the ground and enjoy a full complement of staff at SHQ. Training objectives included; GPS accuracy, air-ground radio communications, ELT homing [...]
July 30, On Task
As CASARA (PEP Air) Nanaimo we were participants to this multi-agency Search operation. We flew four separate flights, totaling almost 5 hours in the air. Great cooperation and coordination lead by Nanaimo Search and Rescue. Nanaimo Search and Rescue Our [...]
July 30th Task
Ground & Swiftwater teams from 4 Island GSAR groups, RCMP dogs, Drones & Helicopter and CASARA Nanaimo worked together, in a very small search area concentrated along a section of the Nanaimo River, in search of a missing man from [...]
July 16th Exercise
14 members, two aircraft - 4 flights -, 2 search areas, ground ELT team, staffed SHQ ~ all made for an involved & rewarding day. Currency achieved for one Navigator, Wolf, and three spotters, Leo, Rod & Martin. An added [...]
Flight Training Exercise ~ June 21st
Somewhat hectic, logistically complex but a very successful day. Three aircraft, four flights and two ELT ground teams saw action, involving a total of 16 members. The exercise covered an area extending from Crofton in the south to north of [...]