CH-148 Cyclone Progress

[Good2Golf]

Ok, fair enough, but how much complexity do you want to introduce to this thread? The MND is primarily, functionally where the buck stops for military aviation in Canada, including contracted air services. I recognize it is more nuanced than that, but it answers the basic question of why “C” registrations on the A jets.

Well, we could get into TAOs and SPFPs and all that fun stuff, which can also be done with Ns, Gs, Fs and a few others…

 

[lenaitch]

TC has never met anything they aren't willing to say "NO" to, we called them the Department of NO.

Welcome to the Canadian bureaucracy. Most civil servants have more authority to say no than yes.

 

[Good2Golf]

Welcome to the Canadian bureaucracy. Most civil servants have more authority to say no than yes.

“yes, by exception”

 

[armrdsoul77]

Problem with a Cyclone takeoff at HMCS Discovery in Stanley Park? Video title is today's date.

 

[lenaitch]

Problem with a Cyclone takeoff at HMCS Discovery in Stanley Park? Video title is today's date.

Oof. That sounded expensive.

 

[DBNSG]

Problem with a Cyclone takeoff at HMCS Discovery in Stanley Park? Video title is today's date.

Some quick flying decisions there and good that they were able to recover hopefully without injury.

Problem with a Cyclone takeoff at HMCS Discovery in Stanley Park? Video title is today's date.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Glad everyone is safe.

Friggin things. Will never catch me in one.

 

[suffolkowner]

CH148813 Cyclone – From the Investigator - Canada.ca

Cyclone CH148813 FTI report

www.canada.ca

https://twitter.com/x/status/2116623101190619164

Military investigating after two troubled helicopter fleets briefly grounded

Issues with Chinook and Cyclone helicopters are under investigation by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Directorate of Flight Safety

nationalpost.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/2115999312089903168

just a roundup of some recent Cyclone stuff i saw.

 

[NavyShooter]

Observation:

"Constant upgrades to aircraft and sensors, and a best-in-class sustainment program are key to the MH-60R aircraft’s unparalleled mission capability, mission availability and flight readiness.

• Lockheed Martin’s Performance Based Logistics program for U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopters enables 95 percent flight readiness and availability — a rate unmatched by other maritime helicopters.
• The U.S. Navy’s MH-60R roadmap will maintain the Romeo’s operational edge to 2045 and beyond."

MH-60R SEAHAWK® Helicopter

The world’s most advanced maritime helicopter is built and sustained for multi-mission maritime dominance.

www.lockheedmartin.com

Manufacturer claim....

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Tinfoil hat moment, could Lockmart being quietly sabotaging support for the Cyclones in order to sell us more of their preferred model?

 

[FSTO]

Seaking TACCo can give you a better reason.

 

[armrdsoul77]

Further discussion from Noah's substack re: Cyclone recent events

An Update On Cyclone

 

[daftandbarmy]

But it looks great

Military investigating after two troubled helicopter fleets briefly grounded​

Issues with Chinook and Cyclone helicopters are under investigation by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Directorate of Flight Safety

Canada’s military is investigating problems with two different fleets of helicopters, including one that is the same type that crashed this week during an Italian training mission in Bosnia, killing four.

National Defence didn’t respond immediately Friday to a query about whether it had placed limitations on its fleet of 14 Chinook helicopters in the wake of Italy’s tragic crash Thursday that also left 11 injured.

Meanwhile, Canada’s military temporarily suspended flying operations for its fleet of 26 CH-148 Cyclone ship-borne maritime helicopters this week after one of them lost power during takeoff on Oct. 26.

“The Cyclone in question was taking off from the helipad at HMCS Discovery, which is a Royal Canadian Navy reserve unit in Vancouver, when it experienced the power loss, and that’s where it landed,” said David Lavallee, who speaks for 1 Canadian Air Division, the operational-level command and control headquarters of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

“The aircraft landed safely, with no injuries.”

Military investigating after two troubled helicopter fleets briefly grounded

Issues with Chinook and Cyclone helicopters are under investigation by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Directorate of Flight Safety

nationalpost.com

 

[suffolkowner]

CH148813 Cyclone – From the Investigator - Canada.ca

Cyclone CH148813 FTI report

www.canada.ca

https://twitter.com/x/status/2116623101190619164

Military investigating after two troubled helicopter fleets briefly grounded

Issues with Chinook and Cyclone helicopters are under investigation by the Royal Canadian Air Force's Directorate of Flight Safety

nationalpost.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/2115999312089903168

just a roundup of some recent Cyclone stuff i saw.

Steffan with an updated list following the two incidents

https://twitter.com/x/status/2116700937259487684

 

[Nvlgzr]

• Lockheed Martin’s Performance Based Logistics program for U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopters enables 95 percent FLIGHT readiness and availability —

Impressive! Can congress fire Trump so that we can get on with this replacement. It would probably save lives and buckets of money.
Wonder what mission readiness rate is and how does the Cyclone and Cormorant compare. I’m guessing that it doesn’t come close.