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Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2018, 16:28
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Only one high speed sled test was carried out by...

Only one high speed sled test was carried out by MB for the GQ 5000 Tornado upgrade. There were no independent witnesses. Some time after the test QinetiQ reported in 2002 that, "The results recorded...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2018, 10:59
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Parachute Safety Assessment

In a 2015 Air Commodities 'Safety Assessment Report For Emergency Escape Parachutes', which cover types GQ1000 and GQ5000 it states that, "All parachutes have a 500ft minimum operating altitude". If...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2018, 11:19
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

According to the 2002 QinetiQ report the...

According to the 2002 QinetiQ report the 'scissors' shackle mechanism was replaced on the Tornado seat with a GS drogue bridle release system because of a failure of the MBA trial in mid October...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2018, 11:08
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Yes, it was a real question, because since the...

Yes, it was a real question, because since the introduction of RA 1210 not one ODH has appeared in court, or at an inquest. The way I read the regulation, in the case of the Red Arrow accident, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2018, 22:32
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Duty Holder's Accountability

The following is an extract from the evidence given by Air Marshal Richard Garwood to the Defence Committee, in respect to Duty of Care, on 29th Nov 2016.

"I think it goes back to, as Sir Charles...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2018, 11:06
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Risk is the possibility of harm because of a...

Risk is the possibility of harm because of a hazard, which can, and was mitigated against. Martin Baker made it clear in their response to the coroner's Regulation 28 report on 17th April 2014 that...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2018, 14:39
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Para 2 of page 5 of Judge's statement. This...

Para 2 of page 5 of Judge's statement.

This design is now an ”old” design. Since about 1984 MBAL has not designed any new seats with a mechanical scissor shackle. Rather it uses an improved...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2018, 12:05
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Para 2 (page 1) of judge's statement, "his...

Para 2 (page 1) of judge's statement,

"his seat was inadvertently ejected, something that is a recognised risk"

And that is why Martin Baker recommended the fitment of a shroud on the ejection...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2018, 10:23
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

I understand that in the Tornado case (collision...

I understand that in the Tornado case (collision over the Moray Firth on 3dr July 2012) the root cause was avoided. The SI panel were advised by the MilAAIB to make the cause as bland and generic as...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2018, 15:00
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Mod 02196 introduced a taller headbox and a new...

Mod 02196 introduced a taller headbox and a new head pad with improved impact attenuation properties. Mod 02196 also saw the introduction of steering lines to the GQ1000 Mk1 parachute which resulted...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2018, 09:17
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Every statement on that list can be backed up...

Every statement on that list can be backed up with hard evidence, it is not opinion. The shroud was not meant as mitigation for the pin, but to prevent misrouting of the straps through the firing...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2018, 22:26
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

That is what everyone wants. DV

That is what everyone wants.

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2018, 11:45
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

You bet he did. Clyde and Co were sent a copy of...

You bet he did. Clyde and Co were sent a copy of the report on 31st Jan and Martin Baker on 30th.

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2018, 11:32
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

That could be the case, but this trial, brought...

That could be the case, but this trial, brought about by HSE has to be about serving public interest. It is not in the public interest, or most importantly those of the Cunningham family, if the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2018, 20:41
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

The Red Arrow Case in a Nut Shell

What do we know ?

(1) Early 1980s, Martin Baker recommend shrouds over firing handles, MoD decide not to fit them.
(2) 1983 MoD offered a retrospective shroud on the Hawk which was refused.
(3)...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2018, 14:39
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Martin Baker seats

Does anyone know what the current situation is regarding the type of shackle fitted to the Red Arrow Mk10 B ejection seats. Is it gas or scissor?

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2018, 18:03
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

The failure in 2000, by MoD, to have the scissor...

The failure in 2000, by MoD, to have the scissor shackle replaced by the gas operated type, when they knew there was a problem.

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2018, 15:33
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

For sure something is going on. The charges were...

For sure something is going on. The charges were watered down in order to prevent MoD being brought into the dock and quizzed on things such as safety cases.

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2018, 10:51
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

No gas shackle modification. Problems with the...

No gas shackle modification. Problems with the scissor shackle were known about in 2002, at the latest.

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2016, 09:19
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

RTI/Hawk/59

Does anyone know if a similar RTI to RTI/Hawk/59 was ever raised for the Mk10 seat fitted to the Tornado? I know that the Tornado's seat has a gas shackle and not a scissor shackle, but the RTI...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2016, 10:20
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

Customers were informed by MB Special Information...

Customers were informed by MB Special Information Leaflet No. 704 in November 2011 and 704A in November 2013. Seeing as the accident happened on 8th November 2011 it is clear that the cause of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2016, 10:06
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

According to H-C the drawing up of a ‘Safety...

According to H-C the drawing up of a ‘Safety Case’, to identify, assess, and mitigate potentially catastrophic hazards before they could cause an accident, was mandated for military aircraft and...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2016, 12:01
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

If there was no safety case, who signed off to...

If there was no safety case, who signed off to say that the risks associated with th operation of the Mk10 ejection seat were Tolerable and ALARP? This must affect all aircraft fitted with the same...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2016, 16:07
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

I am not sure when that modification was...

I am not sure when that modification was introduced. Was it pre 2013?

DV
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2016, 15:41
Replies: 701
Views: 278,908
Posted By Distant Voice

If I remember corectly, from the inquest, a...

If I remember corectly, from the inquest, a safety case for the Mk10 seat did not exist making it not airworthy; MoD responsiblity. I understand that the same seat is fitted to the Tornado.

DV
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