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It's Miami Dade certifying their dive guys for chopper jumps. It is definitely a Canadian helicopter Canadian marked? I don't think Canada has it's own copter. Is it French made?
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Aren't there a few Great Lakes between here and Canada where they could conduct the same training? Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol. 
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Aren't there a few Great Lakes between here and Canada where they could conduct the same training? Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol. Those lakes might be a little cold right now.
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Aren't there a few Great Lakes between here and Canada where they could conduct the same training? Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol. Those lakes might be a little cold right now. It's 2412.77 nautical miles from the Canadian border to Miami. lol.
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Aren't there a few Great Lakes between here and Canada where they could conduct the same training? Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol. Those lakes might be a little cold right now. . It ain't good if you bounce/splat hitting the "water". 'Tis the season for training, not so much for implementing that training up north.
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I'll take a wild guess here and say they just might be training for a water rescue......I know, it's a stretch.....
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Aren't there a few Great Lakes between here and Canada where they could conduct the same training? Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol. Those lakes might be a little cold right now. . It ain't good if you bounce/splat hitting the "water". 'Tis the season for training, not so much for implementing that training up north. I say again: Seems like a long way to schlep a chopper, several divers, and all that equipment just to make sure the divers get some salt water up their snout. Lol.
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Sam,
The Canadian military uses helicopters with those colors to do search and rescue missions (CH 146 Griffons), as do a number of other countries. Might be some snowbirds down here participating in some SAR training. I was over that way today for the boat show, but didn’t notice the helicopter. Another thought might be a private company or SAR group doing some product or training demonstration going along with the boat show. If I see the copter I’ll try to get some info on it.
At least it’s not a black helicopter. 😉 ??? ![[Linked Image from upload.wikimedia.org]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/CH-146_Griffon.jpg)
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Kinda hard to do up here in Canada right now, ........jumping out of a chopper would only get you a "splat!" instead of a "splash"! we have hard water up here right now!!
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