President's visit: The Duke of Kent with Coxswain Peter Bougourd aboard St Peter Port, Guernsey, lifeboat during a visit to the island in July. The RNLI's President met members of the lifeboat community and also the chairman and chief officer of Channel Islands Air Search. This voluntary organisation runs a Piper Aztec aircraft (bought by the Lions Club of Guernsey) to provide an airborne search facility over local waters. photograph by courtesy of Brian Green.