A routine SCRAPbook pollution survey sortie revealed more than just trash recently when Basking Sharks were spotted in shallow water just off Scotland’s Moray coast. The BBC takes up the story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-49824692 Well done to mission pilot Toni Hausler and pilot/observer John Bisset.
The UK Civil Air Patrol is a charity best known for its fleet of light aircraft which may be called upon for a multitude of roles including air observation, air search and air to ground photography. Now, a new role, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is the ‘pony express’ rapid courier service to deliver …
UKCAPScotland recently received a request from a family member to assist in a missing person search, following a period during which the vulnerable person had not been found by any of the agencies actively looking for him. The UKCAPS Ops Group authorised a search mission flown by a highly experienced crew using an autogyro, given …
A UKCAPScotland aircraft recently assisted the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service by aerial photo mapping the aftermath of a huge wildfire in the Highlands of Scotland. The crew involved tried something new for us – the systematic pattern photography of a vast area of ground with subtle overlap. Technically, the hundreds of high definition images …
Background Up until the formation of Police Scotland (PS) in April 2013, the UK Civil Air Patrol (UKCAP) had legal Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with 4 out of the 8 extant legacy forces: Fife Constabulary, Grampian Police, Northern Constabulary and Tayside Police. These four forces covered around 62% of the total area of Scotland. The …
Early afternoon on Friday 16 April 2020, Sky Watch Civil Air Patrol (Northern Ireland) deployed four personnel to the Loughmacrory area of Barony Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, to assist NI Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) with a serious wildland fire. The area was rural, with fire spreading on the eastern side of Barony Road, through …
