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Thanks for that advice, you're quite right. What is the correct procedure for signalling as a helicopter flying lowish approaches (it is very hard to see a person in the water, even flying low and with that person in orange). Should the laser be used within mile, 500 yards, 100 yards? Where...

Great to see that you have taken something you're knwoledgable about to improve your safety. However, I am very wary of using anything like a 100mw laser, especially for helicopter pilots on their approach. Do you have any advice on less powerful/dangerous lasers?

Greetings and salutations, hope all is well. I'm seeking the advice of forum members here, having read some of the stickies and only become more confused. Maritime SAR flares are used to signal distress and location, and were primarily pyrotechnics. However, companies have now started...