Interesting that there is a separate requirement for a SAR and a utility transport plane...or is this done so that Bombardier gets a slice of the contract without having a plane that the SAR types would be happy with?
Perhaps this is a dumb question, but given the job that the Polaris has done, would it make sense to acquire a couple more used A-310? Now granted there aren't any being flown by Canadian airlines that would be surplus (which is how I believe we got both the Polaris and the 707's before them)...
Agreed sir...looking at this I should have put it in it's own thread as opposed to adding it to the wrong one. If the mods wish to split it off please do so...if not no worries...
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/060306/b030652.html
Bombardier sells three Q300 planes worth US$53M for Australia Coastwatch
13:13:58 EST Mar 6, 2006
TORONTO (CP) - Bombardier Aerospace (TSX:BBD.SV.B) has won a $53-million-US order to supply three Q300 maritime patrol aircraft for the...
Pick Laurie Hawn for goodness sakes...I've had the pleasure of talking with him a few times, and he seemed to me an intellegent, level headed man, which I don't think describes O'Conner.
Now I know that this is a bit of a swerve out of the current discussion, but what about the idea of adding to our current Polaris fleet?
With the conversion of two the air to air refueling and one as a VIP plane, there is only two for the 'airport to airport' strategic lift.
Now in no way would...
http://server09.densan.ca/archivenews/051129/cal/051129as.htm
I guess it's not just the Sun...maybe it's both papers here in Calgary. This writer is with the U of C. He actually had me listening to him untill he referneced buying socks from Britain in 1922. What?!?
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Jackson_Paul/2005/11/29/1328160.html
Jackson slags the idea of quickly procuring the C 130 as our new transport plane.
I'm apt to view with a jaundiced eye a lot of what Paul Jackson says, so I wanted to get the opinion of the collective intelligence of...
Actually if the Cons would have got in I think there would be a different head defense person for them. Laurie Hawn, who was Lieutenant-Colonel at Cold Lake before retiring in the mid 90's narrowly lost in Edmonton, and there were whispers that he would have the defense role if the Cons. got in.
Orelikon gets the contract:
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1766
Sounds like the CF are going to get some more German kit
http://www.rheinmetall-detec.com/index.php?lang=3&fid=1396&action=pd
Canada may send armoured carriers to Sudan
Last Updated Sun, 12 Jun 2005 12:06:37 EDT
CBC News
Canada may send 100 Grizzly armoured personnel carriers to Sudan, CBC TV news reports.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/06/12/grizzly-sudan050612.html
Does this make sense? And do we...
Interesting article here where it's argued that the Aussies should retire their Sea Kings ASAP...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,12743117,00.html
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