Recent content by Baz

Given that the agreed statement of facts indicates that pressure was being applied, and we don’t know what responsibility was given to the chain of command (anyone have a copy of the flight safety incident), and how the squadron has dealt with it, I don’t think that will be the case. In the...

Some extra research on how we ended up with the ASN-501. It's clear that the 501 wasn't a fall back from another plan, nor was it a result of Bonnie being taken out of service. It was "part of the plan" from the very start. In the 127th Meeting of the Research Control Committee, 31 January...

The backstory of 12421, which is sometimes (incorrectly) called a CH-124C in places like wikipedia. The first passive (sonobuoy processing) aircraft was 12411. It's primary fit was the Calypso processing system (built by Computing Devices Canada, now GDMS-C) and the ASN-123 (but not connected...

We're providing info to a company developing a Sea King for MSFS. Developing aircraft for X-Plane requires two things; you need to do the models in Blender or another program, plus you need to do the flight model. I seem to not be able to concentrate on one piece to get really good at it, but I...

I got the ones I've used so far from various sources so I didn't have to create them, just modify and import: ModelConverterX to convery between formats Paint to modify textures Notepad for .txt and .xml files MSFS SDK to import into MSFS For the three versions of Terra Nova I need to work...

The Huey is more fun! I do need a proper cyclic and collective at home though (working on it).

Anybody know the event and date: I'm working on a side project... we're going to use the "off the shelf" flight sim we have at the museum and set up an "historical tour" flight. So as you fly in the harbour there will be different "task groups" portrayed from different time periods: early...

I will make the observation that it was Trump saying the US was “in rough shape” and he was literally going to “Make America Great Again,” and people supporting him, that got them where they are. I empathize with those who believed him and he’s not stupid, he knew exactly how to manipulate them...

That’s why my next paragraph: I personally don’t believe they would honour it and would do whatever they wanted. I have no idea what they’d actually do. But it wouldn’t be NORAD anymore…

Except he doesn’t understand that wasn’t exactly what was happening. There were lot’s of benefits to the relationship he doesn’t get. By being the alpha dog in NATO they also ran the place (from personal experience at SHAPE). I also can’t figure out whether he doesn’t understand the difference...

The US cannot establish a Greenland NORAD Region, that is up to NORAD, so Canada gets a say. But yes, if Canada says no it does put NORAD in jeopardy. Which is not something either side wants; from the US point of view they lose Canadian airspace, so defensive depth. What happens to the...

He said he didn’t want a Cyclone on it: Canadian Defense Review - Vice Admiral Angus Topshee Future Interview - 2925/99/22 I don’t recall him saying he didn’t want any crew helicopter (if something else became an option). I also note that he added “probably” to “be really good at uncrewed…”...

As it has come up again… The limitation with operating helicopters in heavy sea states is not mainly getting on the deck, it is rapidly securing the helicopter. Having 10 tons sliding around on a pitching and rolling flight deck would be less than fun. The “Beartrap” (RSD - Rapid Securing...

The “Beartrap” is a colloquial term; Sea King used the HHRSD (Helo Hauldown Rapid Securing Device) and the Cyclone an updated (and slimmer) version called RAST (Recovery Assist Secure and Traverse). There are two limitations of these systems; requires the aircraft to have a messenger cable and...

If we don’t have or are unwilling to spend the resources to fix the Cyclone, or Sikorsky (or another support entity) us unwilling to do it, then agreed. The Cyclone is better on paper. Agree with evaluating it, unless other factors are in play (such as there is no available mission system for...