And let’s not forget that it isn’t just politics. Being the CO of a reserve unit is nowhere near the same as being but at the head of a billions of dollars department. Governance over massive entities does not come easy for some.
CH 47 Incident at Petawawa 20/June/ 2023
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I think Leslie is thanking his lucky stars that he didn't get a high profile cabinet position because his reputation would have taken quite the hit if he did. Or he may have shown that he wasn't going to be a LPC Team Player early on and either was told he wouldn't get cabinet or he figured the juice wasn't worth the squeeze and GTFO'd after one term.
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The brightest stars generally burn out the fastest!
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Pilots’ names released.
RIP Marc and David.
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RIP Marc and David.
RCAF releases names of pilots killed in military helicopter crash in Petawawa, Ont.
The Royal Canadian Air Force has released the names of the two pilots killed in the military helicopter crash near Garrison Petawawa this week.
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RIP sirs - 
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Sic itur ad astra
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The latest - initial official summary ...
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CH147 Chinook From the Investigator - Canada.ca
Archived link here
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The latest - initial official summary ...
CH147 Chinook From the Investigator - Canada.ca
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How the hell did the flight engineers manage to get out? I can only assume the ramp was open, or something like that...
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The Epilogue (also archived here) ...
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This, from the news release (archived here) ....
CH147310 Chinook – Epilogue - Canada.ca
On the evening of 19 Jun 2023, the crew of Hammer 31, on board aircraft CH147310, was scheduled to conduct two Advanced Night Tests as part of the Tactical First Officer Course.
This, from the news release (archived here) ....
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I see the Griffons fly super low in my front field here in the Richelieu valley all the time. I still don't know how they manage to fly so low safely. It may be a CFIT, but I wouldn't blame anyone. It's got to be an accepted risk of such low flying.
Personally, I'd rather do a RAS at night in fog than attempt such flying feat.
R.I.P. Flight Lieutenants.
Personally, I'd rather do a RAS at night in fog than attempt such flying feat.
R.I.P. Flight Lieutenants.
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The Epilogue (also archived here) ...
... with this excerpt:CH147310 Chinook – Epilogue - Canada.ca
On the evening of 19 Jun 2023, the crew of Hammer 31, on board aircraft CH147310, was scheduled to conduct two Advanced Night Tests as part of the Tactical First Officer Course.
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This, from the news release (archived here) ....
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There but for the grace of God, go more than a few. It’s a very unforgiving regime. Native-mode with alt-coupled is a good mode over water or flat low-detail terrain, but not without its own issues, particularly cosine bank angle factor (set rad alt at ‘h’ and with a 60° bank, your true height will be 0.5h), so maneuvering affects the control system’s stabilization modes. All things to be mindful of, amongst the myriad of factors at play at any one time during a mission. It can happens to the best of the best, and the aircraft captain was amongst the best, so as OGBD notes, doing the business isn’t without having to accept a certain level of risk. Aside from that Alaskan Air mechanics who joy-rode a Dash 8 into the water, not many pilots undertake a mission planning on not doing everything right and coming home at the end of the flight.
RIP Marc and Dave.
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I was sick to my stomach after I read that report.
Having spent hundreds of hours, low level over the water in dark conditions (before goggles were even a thing for MH crews), with a dodgy radalt and an analog coupler (Sea King), I hesitate even think about the amount of close calls I had and didn’t even know it.
Having spent hundreds of hours, low level over the water in dark conditions (before goggles were even a thing for MH crews), with a dodgy radalt and an analog coupler (Sea King), I hesitate even think about the amount of close calls I had and didn’t even know it.
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As GIB, it was better not to know…
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Yeah, I figured SKT…especially reading para *1.6.15, and that system isn’t as absolute as the CH-148’s….
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Can you explain the Mag Brake?
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It’s like a resistance setting that keeps the thrust lever (‘collective’ on a tandem) wherever you set it. You can push and pull it temporarily, but to move it to a new position and leave it there, you click the mag-brake release switch temporarily to let the thrust lever move with less force.
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Whenever we left a ship at night, we were essentially flying into a blackhole.
We had very tight cockpit/crew procedures until we were well away from the ship and above 200’.
We had very tight cockpit/crew procedures until we were well away from the ship and above 200’.
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I can see why. IIRC, masthead height on the IRE's was 96 feet, and on the pre-Trump IRO's, it was a few feet higher.
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