FWSAR (CC130H, Buffalo, C27J, V22): Status & Possibilities

[suffolkowner]

Good find. You can see why the team kinda wished we had enough aircraft for abduct location in Newfoundland.

How many C-295s will eventually be stationed?
Comox
Winnipeg
Trenton
Greenwood

 

[YZT580]

How many C-295s will eventually be stationed?
Comox
Winnipeg
Trenton
Greenwood

we bought 16 so 4 per station seems logical: one on hot standby, one available with notice one in the hangar to be brought up when needed and one in the shop at a guess. Please correct if my logic is faulty. Didn't the original competition require the bidder to assess and respond to Canada's needs. I wonder why they ignored both the north and the east coast with their replies

 

[suffolkowner]

we bought 16 so 4 per station seems logical: one on hot standby, one available with notice one in the hangar to be brought up when needed and one in the shop at a guess. Please correct if my logic is faulty. Didn't the original competition require the bidder to assess and respond to Canada's needs. I wonder why they ignored both the north and the east coast with their replies

thats what i was thinking too but maybe there was an extra in Comox. The north seems to require a different response but I can see the value in the Gander/far east station just from the incident map

 

[SeaKingTacco]

we bought 16 so 4 per station seems logical: one on hot standby, one available with notice one in the hangar to be brought up when needed and one in the shop at a guess. Please correct if my logic is faulty. Didn't the original competition require the bidder to assess and respond to Canada's needs. I wonder why they ignored both the north and the east coast with their replies

I think it was 3 each, except Comox, which has the OTU.

 

[ytz]

How many C-295s will eventually be stationed?
Comox
Winnipeg
Trenton
Greenwood

Each flight is 3 a/c. One ready bird. One backup. One in servicing/snags/maintenance.

Comox got two more for the OTU as seakingtacco said.

Ideally, we'd have 5-6 locations and the OTU would be 4 a/c. Something like 19-22 aircraft.

 

[dapaterson]

Each flight is 3 a/c. One ready bird. One backup. One in servicing/snags/maintenance.

Comox got two more for the OTU as seakingtacco said.

Ideally, we'd have 5-6 locations and the OTU would be 4 a/c. Something like 19-22 aircraft.

MRTT fleet growth. ACP-MFS fleet growth. Fighter force fleet growth. More crews for P8 vs CP140. New demands for RPAS.

And FAcT not delivering any appreciable increase in training capacity.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

As I understand it pilots are born, not trained

 

[SeaKingTacco]

As I understand it pilots are born, not trained

Oh, you watched that documentary, too?

 

[dapaterson]

Oh, you watched that documentary, too?

Woof!

 

[Nvlgzr]

Oh, you watched that documentary, too?

Which documentary?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Which documentary?

Black Adder series.

Meant to be fiction, was more of a documentary - especially the WW1 episodes

 

[daftandbarmy]

FWIW, nice job Ireland...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2000511769874477407

 

[Good2Golf]

Additional C-130Js would have been so much easier….
Yeah- I get it: no sensors. But, still…

Not that we are going back in time anymore, but an all C130J fleet (even if it was too much aircraft for some scenarios) would have been nice. I wonder if we could have hung a sensor pod on a wing pylon?

I'm certain LockMart would have found a way to do so (with special pricing just for us).

EO/IR on C-130J fuselage is done and dusted. Just a contractual AWR for CC-130J ISS if it was really wanted.

 

[dapaterson]

EO/IR on C-130J fuselage is done and dusted. Just a contractual AWR for CC-130J ISS if it was really wanted.

I admire your optimism that the AERE mafia would not create requirements that LockMart would happily bill lots of extra to meet.

Then transfer the IP to an outgoing VP who we'd have to buy it from at a considerable markup, as his retirement package.

 

[Good2Golf]

I admire your optimism that the AERE mafia would not create requirements that LockMart would happily bill lots of extra to meet.

Then transfer the IP to an outgoing VP who we'd have to buy it from at a considerable markup, as his retirement package.

Setting myself up to be disappointed…every once in a while, hope springs temporary.