Recent content by Baz

OK. But the concern SKT raised was internal storage and heaing for the weapon. So, the question is, how badly is the range affected if you carry the weapon externally and fly at a lower altitude?

So… (full disclaimer, I’ve not heard anybody say this): Over in the F-35 thread there is speculation about a Lock-Mart / GOC announcement on 22 Sep. Given LM owns Sik, anybody want to create Cyclone rumours?

What’s the range hit if they stay at a low enough altitude?

Thanks, that was a misspeak on my part.

That's an oversimplifcation of what happened: Flight safety investigation report for stalker 22 accident Some of that can very easily be interpreted to say "thank god the Sea King was very forgiving of this type of maneuver, or we would of learned it's implications a long time ago." I...

I had a discussion with one of the well known Sea King historians late last week on how we capture some of the details of the Cyclone acquisition in a factual, non-political, and unbiased way. It wasn’t the first time we talked about it; him wanting me to write some stuff down is one of the...

I get that... you have made that position abundantly clear. I'm not 100% sure why you seem to have a personal stake in it, but that's cool. I'll also fully admit I have biases, being as I've been involved in the decision making, as a staff officer or corporate equivalent, since somewhere around...

I think he's talking embarked SAR, which is a secondary role. Although there may be benefits for the RCAF to having primary SAR and the embarked helo the same type, I don't think it should be a driving factor for how we organize embarked aviation. For reference, there were significant...

I don't know that I'm the right person to answer that question, but I do have some thoughts: it does seem that the "two airbrone all the time" needs to be revisited, and that persintent ASW may be best satisified with tails and active projectors, and to provide that resource effectively...

That's exactly what I would do. Accept that your probably only going to have 4 ASW birds in the CTG (1 on the tanker and three on the escorts), which will routinely cause you to go to only one airborne or on alert at any given time. The other one on the tanker is a support bird, which is...

As an aside, if we could get more aircraft, then the first thing I would add is a "heavy" det on each coast. As a rectal pluck, 3 aircraft, 5 crews, 24/7 maintenance and servicing. With a proper pack up; ie work out of the pack up even when at MOB, close the shipping container doors, and go. Not...

I was part of the math review somewhere around 2002ish. It wasn't based on ships per se. It was based on keeping the White Paper mandated fleet available. The mandate was (and still is, on paper) to keep two CTG (Canadian Task Groups) available at all times, plus one ship (NATO) continuously...

Seen… I think 12 Wings last chance at the game was Lise, and she was useful elsewhere. Sid has been in all the right places to positively influence how the MH platform evolves, but I have no idea what the plan is. After that, who knows? MH has been kept with robust positions in CFMWC, but that...

That’s… worrisome. If the crews aren’t able to deliver the capability, then does it point to we don’t really need it anyway? I’m not surprised though. I was embarked somewhere around 2012 doing trials, and another aircraft (not the trials aircraft) asked for close positive (radar control) to...

I was at the Fleet Air Arm museum in July and saw “Humphrey,” the Wessex from Antrim that pulled the SAS off South Georgia after the other two crashed, with ASW gear still in. According to the guy that gave the talk, the aircraft FE, it was bit of a tight fit…