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Yup. It wasn't all that long ago that downsizing was all the buzz. I don't know if contracting maintenance for SAR helicopters was a part of downsizing but it helped to drain the pool of techs with helicopter experience and at the same time wiped out another field where techs can gain experience...

Pack animals. Men 50 lb.  ;D

Is duct tape a composite?  I've seen a lot of it used. ;D

http://www.flightglobal.com:80/articles/2008/04/01/222555/new-chinook-models-extend-heavylift-helicopters-life.html  Here ya go. Everything you ever want to know about Chinooks. Building, rebuilding, upgrades and even upgrading rebuilds. 8)

The Chinook has been around for over 40 years and will still be around 50 years from now. The same airframes that served in Vietnam have been recycled through the Boeing plant numerous times and upgraded from A to B to C to D models and lots of new airframes have joined the fleet as it expanded...

Holding your breath isn't a very good idea.  We used to have 8 Chinooks and they were just enough to prove that we needed a minimum of 16 in order to have a sustainable but rather small fleet to provide training, support domestic operations, and support a small deployed force. 6 Sounds like a...

I can recall several discussions over the years where commissioned polots--captains wanted a system where they could be left at captain rank forever and be nothing other than pilots with occasional postings to a relevent ground job such as Base Ops or something similar. Those who wanted to could...

Only a few years ago the Mountainview property which is a part of C.F.B. Trenton was considered to be almost surplus. I can recall when closing Shearwater itself was talked of as a part of the "new way foreward" or some similar slogan  which was the buzz of the day. Shearwater's operations would...

The name of the documentary "Life And Death in Kandahar" would indicate what it's all about. Life sustained by a top notch trauma team who do their best regardless of the  status of the patient and the fact that regretably here are some who are beyond help. That seems logical to me. If it was...

Just looked at the menu. That looks like a fine place to celebrate R.C.A.F. Day for sure. When I went through basic training in Kingston there certainly weren't any watering holes like that place.  :cheers:

http://p099.ezboard.com/General-discussion/fc130herculesheadquartersfrm2 Try this. It's the general discussion board. There's also a board on technical issues and one on history. The general discussion board is where all of the crying takes place over navs and oilers who are faced with being put...

I had no idea that the Air Force had been in Kingston for almost 85 years. I would love to attend the celebration but I'm afraid that the taxi fare would be a bit high. I'll just have to celebrate at home and tell the cat some Air Force tails.  8)

Now, there's a rumour that you can take to the bank.

What I got from it was mostly how the country is so crippled by tradition, corruption and lack of infrastructure and that there is no viable economy. It showed how some people have had the courage to go against the grain and try to establish educational, medical and economic upstarts despite the...

It appeared to look at the many complex issues that when are all blended together make up Afghanistan. I have no idea if it's an accurate portrayal of the issue or not but it certainly makes the place look as if it needs some long term care in order to allow security, fundamental education...

The extended fuselage is nothing new nor does it affect performance.  As far as being needed badly--- definitely.  Several of the older ones have developed some structural problems that would cost more to repair than the aircraft is worth.

Back in the 70's the PM of that time didn't like the military but he did like to use military helicopters to visit his citizens and get lots of exposure,photo ops and so on. Before each of his visits we did a trip to check out all of the landing sites and discuss the visit with local officials...

As for the escort idea. If the Chinook was flying a resupply mission it would be landing in close proximity to a FOB which is already secure to the degree that troops can operate there and the flight would originate at a similarly secure base so an escort would hardly be necessary. Having...

As for spectacular landings I was on a CH-113 that "landed" like that at Niagara Falls with the main gear in the water at the top of the falls and the foreward part of the helicopter overhanging the drop. Was that a dumb thing to do? No. The helicopter was flying so there was no danger of the...

As GTG said it's nothing special. Sort of an incomplete landing. They are probably also maintaining lots of lift as that building wouldn't hold much weight. In the text there's a reference to landing in the water and allowing water into the cargo compartment so a boat can be driven in for...