Andu
Thanks. Understand all that but I thought the military were taught to think outside the square and achieve a mission, not find reason why it can't be done.
I am famil with how large an area can go under, I spend a bit of time in NT during the wet season.
"We should be flexible enough to set up FARPs - or at least the DACC equivalent to a FARP - with great ease. Should be. Plenty of ADF assets in Qld that can do that sort of thing."
I agree, something obviously went wrong and hopefully it will be picked up net time.
Question for helo pilots.
I always remember when we refueled a helo out of Drums or Bladders,
before any was put in the helo, a glass jar of fuel was held up to the
windscreen of the pilot for him to check that no water / contaminants
were in it.
Is this still the practice ?
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