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

[Rifleman62]

My chance to see it. First video is a month old.

Tour the new CC-295 Kingfisher Fixed Wing Search and Rescue aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force​

This video is 2 years old.

Exclusive visit of the new C295 FWSAR for Canada​

 

[Blackadder1916]

My chance to see it. First video is a month old.

Tour the new CC-295 Kingfisher Fixed Wing Search and Rescue aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force​

This video is 2 years old.

Exclusive visit of the new C295 FWSAR for Canada​

Looking at the first video, I was surprised how cramped the load-out was, particularly with the racks. Not a lot of spare room.

Of course, there wasn't a lot of space in the Buffs either; I was most familiar with them configured as a transport (Middle East and when they were on the Ottawa-DC/Andrews run), however I did do some aeromedevacs with them. Easy enough to configure for stretcher when all you had to do was fold up troop seats or shift some of the SAR gear about (that was a bit more difficult), but my recollection of the SAR Buffs was more like this:


(The interior of a CC-115 Buffalo – taken in November 2011. Photo: CF Photo Unit)

Though it seems that "racks" were later installed.

 

[dapaterson]

Comox: WestJet 737 makes accidental contact with a SAR CC130H.

‘Is that a piece of the wing?’ WestJet plane hits military aircraft in Comox airport crash

No injuries were reported after a WestJet plane clipped the tail of a military plane on the grounds of the Comox Valley Airport on Wednesday.

www.cheknews.ca

Apparently it's a BC thing now, aircraft colliding with other, parked aircraft:

Flights delayed at YVR after Air Canada plane hits another on the tarmac - BC | Globalnews.ca

Two Air Canada planes were pulled from service after making contact Sunday evening on the tarmac. Passengers were moved to different planes to complete their trips with delays.

globalnews.ca

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Do you really need those winglets?

 

[calculus]

Stumbled across this on the Airbus "X" feed. Looks like some progress is being made qualifying this aircraft for its intended missions.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1689628417157640194

 

[Eye In The Sky]

How many fuel stops and was that with a typical mission load?

 

[SeaKingTacco]

How many fuel stops and was that with a typical mission load?

Shhh…don’t wreck the mood.

If get to the LKP, but are out of crew day, it still counts, right?

 

[dimsum]

Shhh…don’t wreck the mood.

If get to the LKP, but are out of crew day, it still counts, right?

Quick, throw out the SKAD!

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Quick, throw out the SKAD!

Never thought of that. We never had a SKAD to throw…

 

[Good2Golf]

Never thought of that. We never had a SKAD to throw…

Oh, I’m pretty sure you did…

* Sea King, Air Droppable.

 

[Quirky]

Over/Under on this thing being actually certified for SAR use?

I'm betting it's going to end up like a piece of exercise equipment, treadmill or bike, people buy and end up hanging clothes on.

 

[armrdsoul77]

Looks like the radar return or the FLIR image of the land is incorporated into the HUD. That seems handy.

 

[Good2Golf]

Looks like the radar return or the FLIR image of the land is incorporated into the HUD. That seems handy.


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It’s an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) imagery that the Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system provides with an enhanced 3-D image integrating weather radar and 3D terrain data. It’s primarily synthetic in its generation, augmented with geospatial rectified radar-based imagery (not as high resolution as SAR/ISAR).

 

[SeaKingTacco]

It’s an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) imagery that the Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system provides with an enhanced 3-D image integrating weather radar and 3D terrain data. It’s primarily synthetic in its generation, augmented with geospatial rectified radar-based imagery (not as high resolution as SAR/ISAR).

Yeah, what he said…

 

[armrdsoul77]

It’s an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) imagery that the Collins Pro Line Fusion avionics system provides with an enhanced 3-D image integrating weather radar and 3D terrain data. It’s primarily synthetic in its generation, augmented with geospatial rectified radar-based imagery (not as high resolution as SAR/ISAR).

Is this technology on any other Rcaf aircraft?

 

[Good2Golf]

Is this technology on any other Rcaf aircraft?

The Collin Pro Line Fusion, I believe ‘not yet.’ MAISR was spec’d to be equipped with Pro Line Fusion as well, but yet to hit the line.

 

[YZT580]

If only we had...... Portugal signed on with Embraer and bought the 390 in 2019. The a/c was part of an exercise in the Canary Islands showing 4 years from purchase date to operational. So how are we doing with the 295?
The Portuguese Air Force has unveiled its KC-390 transport aircraft in an international debut, demonstrating its capabilities during a force projection mission.

The Portuguese Air Force conducted its first-ever force projection using the Embraer KC-390 transport aircraft on 22 October 2023. The feat occurred as the KC-390 transported military personnel and cargo to the Canary Islands, Spain, in support of the multinational Spanish-led exercise Ocean Sky 2023. This exercise marks the participation of Portuguese F-16s in multinational drills.

 

[armrdsoul77]

Comox incident involving Westjet and C130H from the summer.
Boeing 737-700 (C-FWSI) Hercules CC-130 (130337) - From the Investigator - Canada.ca

 

[armrdsoul77]

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa is now home to the RCAF’s last operational Buffalo aircraft.

 

[KevinB]

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa is now home to the RCAF’s last operational Buffalo aircraft.
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Doesn’t look too operational to me…