Pupils land extra special guest as helicopter drops in

HUNDREDS of pupils got that Top Gun feeling when a multi-million euro helicopter landed in their schoolyard yesterday.

It’s not everyday that the Royal Navy drops by to show off one of its Sea King search and rescue helicopters, and the pupils of a Cork school were given a VIP tour by its crew.

The unusual visit to St Mary’s on the Hill NS, Knocknaheeny, was organised by Superintendent Con Cadogan and community garda Brian McCarthy, who knew the helicopter would be in Kinsale for search and rescue exercises this weekend.