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- Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:06 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Are We Safe?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7372
Re: Are We Safe?
man if you guys knew of the 400hr(TT) hornet pilots flying around, landing in Inuvik at night in IMC you'd have an aneurism... Or the 500hr QFIs in Moose Jaw. Would I trust myself as a 200hr Cpl pilot flying in challenging conditions? Never. But I would trust a 200hr pilot in a right seat with a rel...
- Sun Mar 12, 2017 9:05 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: WestJet almost puts one in the drink
- Replies: 194
- Views: 43085
Re: WestJet almost puts one in the drink
Good thing it was a Canadian crew, I don't want to imagine what could have happened if they were TFWs
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Review Of F-35 Fighter Likely To Yield Lower Price, Faster Production
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3428
Re: Review Of F-35 Fighter Likely To Yield Lower Price, Faster Production
I'm sure we'll be accommodateddhc# wrote:Don't forget to add the cost of a new fleet of aerial boom tankers, (or pay to rely on the US Air Force) if Canada eventually goes with the F35A, since that model is not set up for the hose-drogue system that our Air Force uses on the Airbus/Herc tanker fleet.
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:09 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
They were released the same day.J31 wrote:Any updates how the two pilots are doing? Sounds like one was airlifted to hospital.
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:37 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
I see the Harvard II is leased to the RCAF by CAE. So who is responsible pay for the loss? RCAF or CAE or insurance? Will this airframe be replaced and is there a minimum number that must be supplied to meet the contract? The planes are owned by a crown corporation, leased to CAE which then supplie...
- Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
Case and point, the AC post election glided to the ground struck a wing and is now resting upside down mangled. Granted no one was flying it but it doesn't take much imagination to picture the same thing happening with someone at the stick. The current rumour is that the gearbox failed. (For whomeve...
- Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:32 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
Fly to a key position, secure the aircraft. Extend the gear and flaps. Land.GyvAir wrote:What's the approved procedure when an engine failure occurs within safe gliding distance of a suitable runway?Gannet167 wrote:against the manufacturers operating procedures and the checklist.
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:18 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
How many engine failiures of the Harvard do you know of? As far as I know this is the first one in Canada... The pilots were injured from landing a parachute in a 30kt wind. It's like jumping off a two story building that's moving at 60 kph. It's not going to be comfortable. However compared with po...
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:54 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
- Replies: 77
- Views: 10712
Re: Bent Harvard II - Moose Jaw
It always seems people question the decision to say good bye to the plane... I wonder why that is. If this incident is what I heard it was they wouldn't have had much gliding time before getting on the edge of the "preferred" ejection envelope. On another note the winds were seemingly gusting to 30 ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:19 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Proper etiquette
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3129
Re: Proper etiquette
I find it strange they would salute on the flight line?
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:52 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: Aerosucre 727 accident 20 Dec 2016
- Replies: 62
- Views: 10858
Re: Aerosucre 727 accident 20 Dec 2016
What happened to you that you feel loss of life isn't tragic, no matter the circumstancescrazyaviator wrote:WHAT the F__K was that for ??? They were playing russian roulette, what do you expect???Condolences.
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 8:17 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Dogfighting
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3255
Re: Dogfighting
Just saw the movie. Seem most star fighter fights are atmospheric anyways. I don't think there is to much cloak and dagger to it.. probably the same stuff the Russians have bern doing for 30 years. Saw the SU-27 in the early 90s and gawd what they could make that plane do. The BlueAngels were an em...
- Mon Dec 12, 2016 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: F-35 takeoff
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1982
Re: F-35 takeoff
You'd be surprised at how much FOD it can swallow and still be functional. I think this might have to do with how vulnerable the jet is in that position and even a fluctuation of power could prove disastrous.
- Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:49 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canada Set to Pick Airbus Over Leonardo for Rescue Planes
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10639
Re: Canada Set to Pick Airbus Over Leonardo for Rescue Planes
More important to get votes in key ridings by pork barrel politics than picking the right equipment to save lives. I'm not surprised, just disappointed that something as critical as this mission would be used as a political pawn. It's shameless and completely indefensible. Welcome to the Canadian m...
- Mon Dec 05, 2016 12:38 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: RMC OC looking for flight training advice.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2364
Re: RMC OC looking for flight training advice.
If you have a CPL you can skip PFT in Portage.ThatArmyGuy wrote:So the AF no longer offers those with a licence to skip PFT? Or is this an inaccurate assumption?Gannet167 wrote:If anything, it would appear the guys with 2000 hours and multi-IFR quals are some of the worst performing students.
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Herc in Edmonton
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1673
Re: Herc in Edmonton
There's a conspiracy theory that claims that the jump platoon commanders are behind the closure of the airport at Namao because they couldn't complicate the organization of training for the paratroopers. Now they have to organize the logistics of taking all those guys plus kit to the international w...
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:10 am
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10222
Re: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake
Single Seat. Good chute reported, found deceased on SAR arrival. That seems unusual. I thought a chute ride was almost guaranteed survival, if it was fully opened high enough AGL. Is it cold enough in Cold Lake right now for it to be possible the pilot succumbed to the elements? In any case, sad to...
- Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:11 pm
- Forum: Accidents, Incidents & Overdue Aircraft
- Topic: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10222
Re: CF18 crash @ Cold Lake
ZBBYLW wrote:Apparently it was a single seat jet according to a pr type for the airforce.Mick G wrote:I assume this was a single seat, but does anybody know for sure if it was single or dual...if so, did the other crewman eject?
Single Seat. Good chute reported, found deceased on SAR arrival.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Govt buys 18 Super Hornets
- Replies: 147
- Views: 29296
Re: Canadian Govt buys 18 Super Hornets
Thanks for the insight Auxbat, I was under the impression the conversion wasn't so straight forward. Definitely will make things simpler if they are able to just integrate the new frames into the existing Sqn. And Mick, you're entitled to your opinion but I'm not sure you spoke to the same CF pilots...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Canadian Govt buys 18 Super Hornets
- Replies: 147
- Views: 29296
Re: Canadian Govt buys 18 Super Hornets
It's not a terrible thing don't get me wrong. But unless we use these to their full potential as growlers down the line, the expense of re training pilots and techs, standing up a new Sqn and the logistical nightmare of having two fleets will be a steep price to pay for a political party to save fac...