The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 13, 1997           TAG: 9702130327
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                            LENGTH:   19 lines

LEAPING INTO RESCUE PRACTICE

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]

DREW C. WILSON

The Virginian-Pilot

Canadian rescue parachutist Charlie Fleming, left, watches as his

partner Mike Johnston comes in for a landing, above, during practice

jumps by the Canadian Armed Forces Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard

Air Station in Elizabeth City. At right, a rescue sled obscures the

sun as it is pushed from Canadian Armed Forces C-130 during the

joint training exercises of the United States and Canada. A land

search and rescue mission was practiced Wednesday and sea rescue

operations are scheduled today in the Pasquotank River.


by CNB