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- Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The F-35 is not dead
- Replies: 932
- Views: 89220
Re: The F-35 is not dead
I do not think the government or military 'experts' have done a credible job at procurement with any equipment except perhaps the C-17s for the last three decades. The C-17 was a single source purchase based on specifications (SOR) that were Cut-and-paste right out of the C-17 documentation and per...
- Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:39 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: The Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Saga Continues....
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6882
Re: The Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Saga Continues....
Name me the Colonel or General who is the Head of the SAR in Canada ? There isn't one. SAR is a sidekick appended to a multitude of Squadrons throughout Canada, squadrons whose primary job is something else. The SARTECHs and SAR pilots all belong to different squadrons and the SAR pilots are often t...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:13 pm
- Forum: Bush Flying & Specialty Air Service
- Topic: DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30958
DHC-5 Buffalo landing in a Stadium and Taking off again
I read in several places about a marketing stunt DeHavilland did some years ago which involved landing in a Stadium (baseball ?) making a 180 turn and taking off. It seems there is even a video of that stunt. Anyone hear of it? Anyone know about it ? Anyone seen the video ? Does anyone have the vide...
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:49 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Airbus trumps Boeing in massive USAF contest
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2610
Re: Airbus trumps Boeing in massive USAF contest
Boeing is also a bit paying for the way with which it attempted to highjack that contract several years ago by leasing "KC-767s" to the Pentagon at outrageous prices and without an open bid. When, thanks to Senator McCain, the whistle was blown on that deal, it was cancelled, fines were paid and peo...
- Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: CDN fighter jets temporarily plug hole in U.S. air defence
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2303
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Guess this means we could borrow some of their C-5's next time instead of calling Volga Dnepr? Only so much you can pack in a Globemaster, you know! We have a MOU with the US Air Force to lease their C-5's for $16,000 per flight hour, $7,283 bucks per flight hour for USAF C-17's. To lease An-124's,...
- Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: BA 777 shortfield landing at Heathrow
- Replies: 92
- Views: 11069
Re: BA 777 shortfield landing at Heathrow
Someone told the BBC that he talked to the pilot right after the crash. Its seems that the pilot lost all power on short final.
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Another cargo plane mishap at Trenton?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5562
Trenton ILS
CYTR (TRENTON)
Notam CZA5751/07
valid from: 0709241200
valid to: 0710122359
E)ILS 24 U/S
Notam CZA5751/07
valid from: 0709241200
valid to: 0710122359
E)ILS 24 U/S
- Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:38 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Are you sure we don't have one already? Maybe the CF has already established an austere airstrip somewhere and just forgot to INFO you on the memo. Well actually I sort of received the memo: http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/8wing/news/releases_e.asp?cat=38&id=1142 No mention is made here of the C-1...
- Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:29 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Wonder if ours will ever go into Alert. Heres another at Bradshaw, in Australia : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN_TrAL5kwI A specially "made-for-C-17" dirt runway. I guess Canada will soon have to make one here in Canada so CF crews can get a little dust on their aircraft. The Bradshaw field seen...
- Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:45 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Looking good in Yellowknife... Wow, Yellowknife! A 7,500 foot asphalt runway. They're really living on the edge! Imagine if the CF had purchased a Twin Otter because of its great great STOL performance, mentionned that great STOL performance at every Press release during that whole acquisition proc...
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:36 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
There is not one IL76 operator that will operate the aircraft into a gravel runway, no anti skid. I am not contesting your C-17 figures, since you quote a length of 5000 feet, which is what I was claiming all along. I contest those who say the C-17 can go to 900 meter runways.... I must also stress...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Your analysis on take-off distance is not as relevant as landing distance. The C-17 can take a full load into a 5,000 foot gravel runway, the IL76 requires 7,000 feet of pavement. This comes in handy when faced with Tactical missions as aircraft leave a the Theater of Operations relatively empty (g...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:03 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
A better comparison
If France decided to hand out citizenships to Quebecers and openly supported Quebec independence, that would be interference of our internal affairs. If France sent troops to Quebec as 'peacekeepers' and gave Quebec direct aid in getting independence from Canada, that would be interfering with anot...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:45 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Now your comment on obtaining a CFAOC, you have obviously not been involved in the process, you are certainly quick to google someting and paste a link. The link is not the process. Then there is the Canadian Transportation Agency licence, which has to be applied for once the CFAOC is approved........
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Not quite that easy, you should really do some homework before you open that mouth of yours! It really makes you look stupid. You are right there, even Walter wouldn't hire someone as stupid as you. There go the insults again. What wrong with all of you pro-military guys with all the insults? Is th...
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
How many of those IL76 operators have a Canadian Foreign Air Operators Certificate? 10 How many of them actually have there own aircraft? 7 How many of those carriers are banned or limited from European Airspace? 5 How many IL76's are Stage 2? 248 (Silkway is still working on there Stage 4 certific...
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
An-124 production history
Senator Kenny is a whole lot more smarter and better qualified than you to be making such statements. The youngest An-124's airframe was built in the mid 1980's. It was only until 2004 were the airframes finished. So they are old. False. The first An-124 MILITARY prototype flew in 1982. In 1985 the...
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
And Northrop, in order to give the birds a bit more life, extensively rebuilt them from the ground up before installing the new electronics. They pretty much tore apart and built a whole new airplane. The JSTARS is now planned to be replaced by possibility the E-10 MC2A or a variant of the RQ-4 Glo...
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:38 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
I can tell you that rumor is patently false. There hasn't been much of a opportunity to do much flag waving as Canadian Forces operations take precedence over flag waving and airshows right now. My sources comes direct from the guys operating the aircraft. Perhaps. I have no data to say otherwise, ...
- Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:47 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
"We had 707s. They were old. We got rid of them. Some of them were purchased by the US Air Force who dont find them too old and still fly them." I don't think so. They were some of the highest cycle 707's in the world. I witnessed one have it's landing gear collapse while refuelling in Germany. Tho...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
By the way, there is a rumour going around that the new C-17 is plagged with technical problems, which is why we dont see or hear much about it these days. True, not true, I dont know, but one thing for sure is that it is not doing the flag waving I was expecting DND to do with it once it arrived...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:26 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Fact: The Russians have embargoed aircraft to us and our allies in the past. Russia is the primary supplier of spare parts for all Antonov and Ilyushin aircraft. They can threaten companies who are outside of Russia who operate Russian aircraft with the cutting off of spare parts and technical assi...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:37 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
No one will ever convince me that a country as small as Canada needed 4 C-17s. Especially when the Afgan mission will be over in alittle over a year. What will they do? Touch and goes in Trenton with an occasional mission overseas? That is one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Why would a cou...
- Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:10 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: A decent Canadian Purchase! (CC-117)
- Replies: 166
- Views: 38341
Re: And on and on and on...
Jeez, yultoto...just give it up... You've beaten this subject to death on PPrune as "Minorite Invisible", to the resounding indifference and disagreement of most... http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=292545 What came out of the PPrune thread is that, unlike what was claimed here on this ...