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Once on the pier, amongst the debris from last nights show, we could see the the Skyscenes lads were preparing the pyrotechnics show for the air-sea battle. The aim was to recreate a battle between a Westland Wasp helicopter, and a gunboat (the Defender). To create the impression of a string of explosions leading up to the boat, a long line of about 15 ground maroons would be trailed out behind the boat, and fired electrically in sequence to make a line of waterspouts. Candle packs and cakes on the boat would give the impression of tracer, and an array of smoke pots as the finishing touch!
The day started to get out-of-hand when it was time to get all the pyrotecnhics show (and the two lads from Skyscenes) over to the Defender. Pyrotecnhics show and I helped carry the boxes of gear down to the jetty to meet an inflatable which was to take everything out to the Defender. While we were waiting for the inflatable to arrive, one of the Defender's crew gave us a brief history of the service history of the boat. We were assuming that for the display, we would set the cameras up on the end of the pier and film from there - he had other ideas! Once he realised we would be filming the show, he insisted that we go out on the Defender to get as close to the action as possible! We felt as if we had been press-ganged, but as it was a gloriously sunny day the thought of a boat trip was quite appealing.