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Coulson could N certify the H models in the US and work them in Canada.
But yes, it would be nice if we could get TC over it’s allergy against former mil aircraft.
2026 Wildfire Season
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But yes, it would be nice if we could get TC over it’s allergy against former mil aircraft.
Maintenance records, manufacturing standards are different, tolerances are different and allowable defects are different for a simple explanation.
What Coulson has done in the past is tear down the airframes and update, fix and repair everything that can be done to update to the highest standards.
Because CAF gives 0.7 shits when the quota is 2?
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This evening an awful wildfire started down by Summerland, it spread so quick that people were evacuated by helicopter. It is Rank 5 fire, extremely aggressive and spreading in 3 directions. Was 5000 hectares an hour ago. This fire is just 6 hours old. Reports saying it is human caused on the KVR trail.
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All of the 12,000 residents of Summerland were ordered to evacuate at 12:35 AM this morning. Now some Peachland residents have been so ordered.
The fire started in the Faulder area of Summerland around 17:30 Friday, and spread very quickly. It is listed at over 5,000 hectares in size at this time, based on an estimate from Friday.
The fire started in the Faulder area of Summerland around 17:30 Friday, and spread very quickly. It is listed at over 5,000 hectares in size at this time, based on an estimate from Friday.
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There’s dozens of farms and ranches who had to cut loose their livestock and horses and leave them in the middle of the night.
Jesus it really blew up overnight. If the fire mapping satellite data is accurate it may already be into the Summerland town site. I was reading of emergency helicopter Evans and pilots flying later than they’d normally be allowed to get everyone out.
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No.
Military aircraft maintenance is really good. In many cases better than what civvies do.
But.
Military aircraft are not always designed the same way as civilian aircraft and militaries don’t keep maintenance records the same way civil operators do (we keep maintenance records- they just look different). For example, spare parts are tracked on some fleets completely differently than a civvy operator would be required to do.
So, to bring an ex-military fleet into the civil register means doing all the mods that the civvies care about but the military maybe does not; translating decades worth of maintenance records into a language Transport Canada (and future AMEs can understand); and then get TC inspectors (who on average have a knowledge base that is a mile wide and an inch deep). and probably some ADM to put their signatures on a document granting civil airworthiness. If anything goes wrong- those signatories are on the hook, potentially.
You can see why this gets so hard.
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It is now 9500 Hectares and still rank 5. There are reports of people missing or not heard from.
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Summerland fire now 9,500 hectares and out of control.
I have worked on both and would say Military Aircraft maintenance is good but allowable defects is much more forgiving on military aircraft then civilian.
My experience on military aircraft leaking hydraulic fluid can be allowed. On Civilian commercial aircraft not allowed. Both maintain a high level of Airworthiness but the Military has much more allowable tolerances.
It really was interesting working with both.
This is pretty basic explanation and a good one. Similar process different standards.
Parts are very interesting. Oil hoses maybe changed out based on flight hours, calendar days or when they actually fail (leak). Each industry has their own standard for such and each aircraft and each hose can be tracked differently.
Things as simple as a bolt may be serialized and tracked from manufacturing to destruction. One Standard does not do this while the other does.
The Military has been updating their system for years to falling closer inline with civilian standards. But many things do not cross over such as acceptable loss. IE battle damage and or risk factors.
Coulson is one of the tops around to convert military aircraft into viable civilian certified.
It is funny that they have such a hard time with the Canadian Government considering what all they do for them, that is what happens when your compitition has close ties with those in power.
Hopefully we see change in polices to allow Coulson to do what they do best. That is to provide Aircraft for aerial firefighting, utilizing ex service aircraft so they don't go to the scrap yard.
Any word on the town itself?
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