Stunty bunty truck
The Italians have been displaying the forerunner to the C-27J like that for decades. Fiat/Aeritiala/Alenia G-222 displays.
Aeritalia G.222 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TJ
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TJ
If the RAF did buy it it would need new avionics and a radar that doesn't work, weaker engines and cheaper spars. It'd have to be built in Prestatyn by one-armed ex-holiday home owners... and still be expected to do the same loops and rolls as the 2005 brochure said.
Oh, and it would enter into service in about 10 years time at five times the current price, with a few gaps in the MAR.
Oh, and it would enter into service in about 10 years time at five times the current price, with a few gaps in the MAR.
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Would the trash haulers among you comment if the C27 Spartan a reasonable bang for your buck?
Below the Glidepath - not correcting
Defense Secretary Gates cut the Army's buy of C-27J last year and it became an Air Force only program for about 40 Ac. The National Guard were planning to replace their C-23 Sherpas (a little known UK success) with C-27J. The Army have made the argument that they currently use CH-47s for the Tactical lift role, thus removing a critical rotary asset from its intended role.
Lawmakers press Gates to keep Army cargo plane - TheHill.com
PS. Epic bit of display flying on that clip, always better to see Bernoulli at work being assisted by Whittle, rather than the other way around.
Lawmakers press Gates to keep Army cargo plane - TheHill.com
“We believe that if implemented such cuts would impede the ability of the United States Army, specifically the Army National Guard, to meet intra-theater lift requirements for ‘the last tactical mile’ as well as severely constrain the Army and Air National Guard’s ability to respond to a domestic disaster,” the lawmakers wrote to Gates.
The Army in particular has been adamant about buying a smaller cargo aircraft that can go deep into the battlefield to deliver needed supplies to troops. The Army has been relying heavily on its Chinook helicopters for that purpose. Army officials have argued for months that Afghanistan’s terrain, for example, has put tremendous pressure on these helicopters, which are now filling the void of a cargo aircraft that can fly “the last tactical mile.”
The Army in particular has been adamant about buying a smaller cargo aircraft that can go deep into the battlefield to deliver needed supplies to troops. The Army has been relying heavily on its Chinook helicopters for that purpose. Army officials have argued for months that Afghanistan’s terrain, for example, has put tremendous pressure on these helicopters, which are now filling the void of a cargo aircraft that can fly “the last tactical mile.”
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If I remember correctly wasn't the US buy of the C-27J off of an Army requirement that the Airforce "hijacked".
And that the Army wanted a different aircraft, but the C-27J is the one the Airforce wanted.
And that the Army wanted a different aircraft, but the C-27J is the one the Airforce wanted.
Champagne anyone...?
Would the trash haulers among you comment if the C27 Spartan a reasonable bang for your buck?
To be honest though, UK Plc would get more operational utility out of such a platform if, sadly, it were operated by the Army. The level of risk avoidance in the RAF is now at such a level that it is frankly embarassing having to explain to the Army why you can't do X, Y and/or Z any more.....
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Nutters, but quite brilliant, everything must be bolted to everything else, looks like it's a tough machine, might take a load of punishment and get you home - same donks as the J Herc? Didn't the boys do a similer show at RIAT? Carrying on in the fine tradition of the Italian Runway Ploughing team but without the sparks! A rather tasty bit of kit in the right/wrong hands, BZ to the crew too
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The Blackburn Beverly was described to me once as 'a great ship. Take anything nowhere'.
True STOL performance, ugly as sin itself. Imagine an updated version, turboprops, fixed gear, unpressurized with the ability to take around 3 times the load of a CH47 in and out of 500 metre strips at twice the speed.
