'SEA SEARCH 81' - International Air Tattoo (IAT) 

(Monochrome Photograph showing) - THE WINNING CREW AND THE WINNING AIRCRAFT

Left to right: Reg Castle (Navigator), Dick Muir (Co-Pilot), Peter Petherbridge (Observer), John Dickson (Engineer), Kevin Moorhouse (Captain), RAF Umpire, Ted Hartley (Observer), Fred Hill (Observer/Photographer).

BRITISH AEROSPACE COASTGUARDER WINS WORLD'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL SEA SEARCH COMPETITION. 

A British Aerospace COASTGUARDER, flown by Captain K. Moorhouse and crew, emerged as the overall champion of the world's first International Maritime Patrol/Search and Rescue Competition - Sea Search 81. Sea Search 81 was held at RAF Greenham Common on 24th June 198 1 as an integral part of this year's Air Tattoo. Competing against twenty-one Service Air Arms, plus other aircraft manufacturers from eleven different countries, COASTGUARDER won both the Champion Crew trophy and the best overall Fixed Wing Entry Award. COASTGUARDER, with its British Aerospace crew, competed against crews from the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Italy, and Spain, operating aircraft such as Orion, Aurora, Hercules, Viking, Nimrod, Atlantique, and F27.

The fixed wing aircraft were tasked to find and photograph a fishing vessel in simulated distress. Bishops Rock lighthouse, a small inflatable dinghy, and a submarine periscope in the course of a four hour sortie. All crews also undertook a ground examination. At the end of this testing competition, COASTGUARDER and her crew emerged as undisputed champions.

(British Aerospace Press Release, July 1981).