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Well, okay, to be sure, this little toy is MUCH more powerful than any atom-smasher that's ever been built before. And there are some theories that DO predict that it will create tiny black holes. But here's the catch. You smash two atoms together really hard, hard enough to make a tiny black...

So far as I can tell, it's a '79-'83 Toyota HiLux, so Eminence Grise, the floor is yours...

Well, I have no chance against the armoured-vehicle-identifying skills that are regularly displayed here, so.... I'm going to go for the asymmetrical approach... Make, Model, and Year, if you please. Keep in mind it was marketed under different names in different regions.

Well, I can't help you with the administrative side of things, but can offer up a related personal experience. I've done a couple of seasons of tree-planting in the mountains of BC. The job entails carrying 50-100 lbs of trees on your back all day, covering 10-20 km per day, through the...

If it's Turkish, it could be the Yatagan, a T-84 with a NATO 120 mm smooth-bore gun.

T-84

I do believe you mean "some of the world's awesome-est climates".

I remember one year at the U of Calgary the flag was half-masted probably half the time. I don't know what the criteria were, but I believe a death in the student body (comparable in size with CF's Reg Force) resulted in the flag being at half-staff. I found that pretty lame, because  :cdn: is...

Well, I know the rotor blades on Chinooks are mostly composite, but other than that, I think that most of the airframe is still aluminum. I'm sure (hoping) someone will correct me if I'm wrong here. Helicopters tend to be built like a very thin-walled egg, with extremely thin sheet metal, and...

Giggity.

A little April-Fools Day Hackery?

:-X shhh... Its supposed to be a surprise ;D But seriously, if we get 6 Chinooks "for now", and the government sees that the CF can get the job done with 6... Why are they going to want to buy more than 6? Or even trade-in the ones we get initially? Honestly, when I first heard the idea, the...

seen And it's always good to have another tool in the Griffon toolbox (which may get ported to the Chinook's toolbox).

The escort role makes sense when you're talking about a package of Griffons. But what kind of differential in tactical speeds are we really talking about, between a heavy Griffon with a gun hanging in the breeze and a Chinook? I'd guess it's in the tens of knots, which is awful inconvenient...

And perhaps more importantly, I still haven't really been able to figure this out, what missions does a Griffon toting a minigun do that a Griffon (or two?) toting C-6/9's can't do?

Wait a minute, I thought that Chinook-Defence, not just self-defence, was a major reason for bringing this capability on-line? It seems to me that a Griffon weighed down with guns/gunners/ammo doesn't have a whole lot of capabilities, outside of a) observation/recce, and b) shooting things. If...

I don't think we really did look at them (not seriously, anyways). Sikorsky made an unsolicited and informal offer ("Pssst. Hey buddy, wanna buy some Blackhawks?"), and we declined ("No."). Canada is trying to bum some Chinooks from somebody while we wait for our fancy ones to get built...

Well, that's the peanut gallery's job, isn't it?  ;D

I agree 100%. I was mainly just observing that he doesn't seem to lose much speed during his 10,000 ft run-out, and suggesting a reason. Just a likely event in the chain, not the cause by any means. This whole discussion really begs the question: What does the F-15's POH or USAF equivalent say...