MOD require escape and evasion trainers and para training aircraft
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MOD require escape and evasion trainers and para training aircraft
More details here, it looks staff are in demand
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-...ning-provider/
Para training aircraft details.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brit...hute-training/
it’s indicative of the cuts that such basic tasks need to be farmed out.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-...ning-provider/
Para training aircraft details.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/brit...hute-training/
it’s indicative of the cuts that such basic tasks need to be farmed out.
Which -available - civil registered aircraft is going to meet the extant RTS requirements? I'm presuming the Falcons drop aircraft already does, in which case you'd have thought they would have extended that contract and not bothered with a new one. Wouldn't be the first time.
A couple of these spring to mind, maybe even this one???
RTS? Was OK in WW2
RTS? Was OK in WW2
"What are the requirements for the aircraft you ask? Good question."
Apparently a rather random selection of the most basic avionics but no mention of number of engines!
Amazing!
Apparently a rather random selection of the most basic avionics but no mention of number of engines!
Amazing!
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I understand there is a C-130J (ZH879) just landed at Marshall's in Cambridge which might meet the spec.....
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I’d have thought a couple of ex US mil Shorts Sherpas would fit the bill, but under 5 mil to provide the aircraft, fire cover and the hours, it doesn’t seem to have a lot of meat on the bone assuming the hours are part of the contract.
For the para-dropping, the RAF have had a pair of Skyvans and a Dornier 228 on lease for many years from Summit Air of Canada. They are based at Brize Norton and are used by No. 1 Parachute Training School and the Red Devils Parachute Display Team.
The ITT is presumably simply a regular (3-yearly?) renewal, with the option to award it elsewhere if someone other than Summit came up with a better offer.
The ITT is presumably simply a regular (3-yearly?) renewal, with the option to award it elsewhere if someone other than Summit came up with a better offer.
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http://www.platinumfighters.com/inventory-2/1958-lockheed-c-130a-%22hercules%22-
If a few of you want to get together for a group buy…
If a few of you want to get together for a group buy…
How about a couple of Shorts Sherpas based at Teesside? Near to the Catterick ranges, used to quasi military movements and near to the biggest military base in Europe. Win win? Easily able to host much bigger aircraft if needed.
For the para-dropping, the RAF have had a pair of Skyvans and a Dornier 228 on lease for many years from Summit Air of Canada. They are based at Brize Norton and are used by No. 1 Parachute Training School and the Red Devils Parachute Display Team.
The ITT is presumably simply a regular (3-yearly?) renewal, with the option to award it elsewhere if someone other than Summit came up with a better offer.
The ITT is presumably simply a regular (3-yearly?) renewal, with the option to award it elsewhere if someone other than Summit came up with a better offer.
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And who would want to live in the poverty-stricken North?
No reference to the SERE contract? Too many scars?