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DerKaiser said:Bombarider last years autorized the modernisation of his mid-life CT-156
That's news to me... I was in Moose Jaw till 2 months ago and never head of a modernisation of the Harvards...
DerKaiser said:who care about a lease or not? i mean...look the Leopard 2A6M is a German one but Germany authorized the modernization , this is for why we have a version called "2A6M Can" because Canadian forces install a Slate armour...
The problem is that the company we lease them from is civilian. And no where in the contract it says we'll use them in combat.
DerKaiser said:this is completely idiot to lease a aircraft but a our own constructor (Bombardier) refused the modernization of his aircraft.
It woudn't be a modernisation. We'd have to buy new AT-6B, which is fairly different than the Harvard avionics/electronic wise.
DerKaiser said:this is a completly non-sense to claimed the CT-156 can't be modernized on a AT-6B...and anyway canada need a attack helicopter and aircraft in afghanistan , for many reason :
Just so you know, we have officially 26 Harvard II. Every morning, Bombardier (the guys contracted for maintenance) have to put 19 on the line (this is by contract). They have a hard time making this number with the 26 aircrafts. Most of the time, we have less, sometimes we have 1-2 more. Also consider that 156101 is pretty close to end life I think (it's been beaten up to death and doesn't fly straight anymore... And i'm not kidding) and 155112 has gone through an ejection (it's been sitting in the corner of the hangar for almost 2 years, being canibalized for parts). Plus, these aircrafts are used for training. We are constantly behind in the training. I have yet to see a course on the Harvard II that finishes on time. Plus, we need to train pilots, put them through their wings course so they can become useful. So, we NEED these aircrafts and more! Taking 10 out of the fleet to "modernize" to an attack version wouldn't make any sense even if it would be possible...
Please get your facts straight before you come up and throw these crazy ideas out there and try to justify them!!