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. |
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.
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A couple of these spring to mind, maybe even this one??? :)
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....6015592ac1.jpg 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! |
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 understand there is a C-130J (ZH879) just landed at Marshall's in Cambridge which might meet the spec..... |
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.
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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. |
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… |
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.
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Originally Posted by Get me some traffic
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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.
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Originally Posted by Whenurhappy
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I think Ramstein & Vogelwey would be an order of magnitude bigger than Catterick. And who would want to live in the poverty-stricken North?
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Have you been to Richmond?
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Originally Posted by roger4
(Post 11170406)
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. |
And who would want to live in the poverty-stricken North? |
Germany recently acquired the Lockheed Martin M28 for the para training role. Perhaps an option for the UK also.
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Why is there a need for a para trainer when there are no aircraft that can make operational para drops once the Herc has disappeared?
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Originally Posted by bspatz
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Why is there a need for a para trainer when there are no aircraft that can make operational para drops once the Herc has disappeared?
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No reference to the SERE contract? Too many scars?
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Originally Posted by melmothtw
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The A400M will be able to, but you know that.
know that? |
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Originally Posted by Ken Scott
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https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4f051081a.jpeg
It would seem to be possible... |
Having been an ALM on Hercs, it will indeed be a sad day when we loose the C130 and it may be sometime before the Atlas A400M has the full para capability. But lets be honest there is a school of thought that since the last real Para Operational Jump was Suez in 1956 do we really need the full gambit. As long as we have a platform to do SF para tasks then we will have to wait until the Atlas does it all! Hat Coat etc!
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Originally Posted by Ken Scott
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https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....4f051081a.jpeg
It would seem to be possible... |
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