At the nick.
One cockpit is not NVG compatible. One is. Can you guess which one?
The sim will have to move in the fullness of time to either yeovs or culdrose. The mk1 sim would not have the capacity to train both. Not with the vast majority of conversion hours in the sim as they are at present. A lot of people dismiss it as a factor in the process. It is highly used for both conversion and maintenance of currency and tactical knowledge.
It still doesn't change the fact that marinisation will add weight, and without better engines, gearbox and tail rotor it will cough and wheeze more than it does now....and the chinook will have to go to sea to augment it's crapness.
Last edited by high spirits; 27th February 2012 at 06:29.