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Clare SAR teams in Estuary exercise

Clare’s Search and Rescue teams will participate in one the largest search and rescue (SAR) training exercises ever undertaken in Ireland as part of the second annual Foynes Air Show which takes place this Sunday. The show will open at 1pm with the Irish Air Corps, Naval Service (LÉ Samuel Beckett), Irish Coastguard, and Search and Rescue teams from all over the country carrying out a massive sea, land and air exercise. Hosted by Foynes Flying Boat & Maritime Museum, the air show will also feature aircraft displays from across Europe, along with some of the world’s top aerobatic pilots. Among the aircraft taking to the skies over West Limerick and the Shannon Estuary will be a Russian Mini MiG, authentic World War II aeroplanes, a Hawker Hunter fighter, a P51 Mustang and James Bond’s BD-5 Micro-Jet. Meanwhile, Aer Lingus’ first plane, the Iolar, will be flying in formation for one of the first times ever at a public display …

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