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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2017, 21:50
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Shackman's cannon might have sounded TiC, but...

Shackman's cannon might have sounded TiC, but don't dismiss the idea of a turret mounted chain gun, you never know when it would come in handy.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2017, 21:10
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

MPAStudent, you ask about opening a door and a...

MPAStudent, you ask about opening a door and a cargo net - NO WAY

Yes, it could be done in a C130 but opening the window had to be quick and easy and with minimum noise etc. A door is rather...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2017, 14:54
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

GS, a sonobuoy has a simple rotorvane or...

GS, a sonobuoy has a simple rotorvane or parachute. Add a guidance package and you increase cost, size and weight dramatically. The aircraft would have to tell the buoy where it is and where to go....
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2017, 20:17
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

CS, wise words and I admit to focusing on just...

CS, wise words and I admit to focusing on just one mission, or maybe two so multi mission capability needs to be addressed.

Regarding sonobuoys in the wrong position, it was ever thus. At least...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2017, 13:35
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Digressing slightly to talk of sonobuoys, ...

Digressing slightly to talk of sonobuoys,

Avtur said

It is not the dropping accuracy that needs to be considered but the determination of where the buoy actually landed.

In the case of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2017, 15:15
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

How long is a mission is task driven and airframe...

How long is a mission is task driven and airframe dependent.

If the task is to operate at short range and there are lots of aircraft then 24 hour coverage could be maintained with each aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2017, 15:08
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Next, you talk of a mission planning area. The...

Next, you talk of a mission planning area. The only mission planning area I have come across is in the E3 series where the top of the consoles offers some space to layout documents and so on.

I...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2017, 14:59
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

As no one has popped up let me address your...

As no one has popped up let me address your torpedo question. First, torpedoes are often loaded on a carrier beam with perhaps 3 on the beam. Then, in an action, it is unlikely that an MPA will...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2017, 08:46
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

I am sure many comments will be heavily biased to...

I am sure many comments will be heavily biased to personal preference. I will pick up on just two for now.

I have flown in aircraft with a toilet behind the flight deck and one down the back. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2016, 20:28
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Croquetter, only got described in the AEW Shack...

Croquetter, only got described in the AEW Shack but remember spending a week or two getting as far as Benbecular but in a Nimrod entering the HUATA before a 180 into the North Sea (best trap ride we...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2016, 08:16
Replies: 61
Views: 21,684
Posted By Pontius Navigator

Croqueteer, the advantage that the Nimrod had...

Croqueteer, the advantage that the Nimrod had over the Shack, and by extension the Atl, was a high transit speed enabling it to reach a patrol area 1,000 miles out in about 2.5 hours compared to...
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