Recent content by beenthere

I feel that it's appropriate to reincarnate 450 Sqn. Apart from the unfortunate number that was chosen for the squadron back in nineteen seventy something when the thoroughly incompetent people in charge of selecting a squadron number to replace the somewhat bewildering title of 1 Transport...

The door gunner and other such stuff is applicable to operations in areas where conflict is the reason for you're being there. A policy for crewing in conflict zones should and no doubt will evolve. However in the absence of conflict and training for it, the role of the aircraft will be a...

Actually the R.C.A.F. started out with 6 and the R.C.A.S.C. started out with 12. I may be wrong but I think that all but 1 of the R.C.A.F. 113s survived to retirement. As for other fleets each has their own history. The ones with the highest attrition rates were the aircraft where pilots flew...

http://www.colheli.com/ Professional operators usually fly the same aircraft (Chinook) with just a pilot and copilot and they fly a whole lot more than military helicopters do. However they don't waste their time and money training crews and then moving them on to another aircraft or occupation...

I started flying on CH-113As with army aviators. At the rate that they were destroying the CH-113A fleet it would have become extinct by the early 1990's rather than living on to retirement for some and a civilian career for others.

Rigging loads for the army support role is obviously not complicated as over time a pretty much fool proof system has been developed.The CH-147 never had a problem with C of G or Wt & Bal as you would have to work very hard to build a load that would fall outside the limits. Not an issue.Same...

I flew on CH-113As and CH-147s with the FE&LM combo and it worked very well. Each had their own special training and background to draw from and they worked together. The FE helped the LM with the passengers and load tie down and other related jobs and the LM helped the FE with his duties. On a...

In the photo the boat is passing behind the helicopter.

If the Cyclone turns out to be a bummer the frigates won't have a helo.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/New-S-61T-Helos-for-the-US-State-Department-06198/ Sea Kings being recycled. http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/life-begins-at-50-for-upgraded-sea-kings-25534/

Considering the progress of the Cyclone to date and the potential for getting it into service within the next decade recycling Sea Kings may be necessary.

http://www.colheli.com/colheli.html Columbia Helicopters. They have 8 of our old worn out Labradors making money for them.

Why would we need to is right. However if there was a need there's no doubt that it could be done and the Sea Kings would provide great service in a number of roles. The scrapyards have provided civilian operators with aircraft that make lots of money long after the military gave up on them...

What I see just a bunch of excerpts from documents concerning the deployment that have been selected to create an article that gives the impression that the unit was plagued with problems. No doubt they had problems but for the most part they appear to be typical maintenance issues that would...

Thanks Bill. That's a logical explanation of an illogical designation given to the only illegitimate Sqn. in CF history. I served in 1 THP and 450 Sqn. and would consider that 450 Sqn would be the logical designation for the new unit. However with the logic expressed in some circles to move...