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Forum: Military Aviation

17th Dec 2009, 16:40

Replies: 619

Haddon-Cave, Airworthiness, Sea King et al (merged)

Views: 108,928

Posted By Pegasus#

As you may have noticed from Tuesday's...

As you may have noticed from Tuesday's announcement, it pretty much has been.

nigegilb said on 14 November:

It seems to me that the broader issue arising from H-C is whether many/most "old...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Jun 2009, 12:19

Replies: 44

U.K. May Drop Helo Life Extension, Advance Medium-Lift Craft

Views: 7,333

Posted By Pegasus#

There have been a number of good comments from...

There have been a number of good comments from contributors who drive the cabs but perhaps still too little focus on what we are actually carrying, and the combat power that we may (or may not) be...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Apr 2008, 16:32

Replies: 42

Osprey

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Posted By Pegasus#

AdLib: Fair point: US units (pax and $)...

AdLib:
Fair point: US units (pax and $) throughout, for consistency. Last batch of new-build CH-47s for the US Army were around $34mn IIRC.
I would love to think that we could pay $62mn for our...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Apr 2008, 11:15

Replies: 42

Osprey

Views: 10,966

Posted By Pegasus#

$10.4bn for 167 V-22s: $62mn each. Twice the...

$10.4bn for 167 V-22s: $62mn each.
Twice the price of a wokka for less than half the payload (pax or USL).
That's a BIG premium to be paying for speed, surely?

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Jun 2007, 07:32

Replies: 44

Australia to sell the Seasprite for spares.....

Views: 8,361

Posted By Pegasus#

Frazzled, I am a bit confused by your last...

Frazzled,
I am a bit confused by your last comment: I thought that SeaSprite was a US helicopter?

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2007, 08:30

Replies: 25

FLynx cost doubles to £2Bn

Views: 4,181

Posted By Pegasus#

"the same engines"? I though T800s, not the...

"the same engines"? I though T800s, not the existing Gems?
(not sure I can bear to hear the answer, come to think of it)

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2007, 08:28

Replies: 10

Statements of the Bleeding Obvious

Views: 2,437

Posted By Pegasus#

General Dynamics Shipbuilding is owned by that...

General Dynamics Shipbuilding is owned by that company, and never "merged with Lockheed in the 1980s". IIRC Lockmart acquired GD Fort Worth (i.e. the F-16 factory) but not the whole of GD

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2007, 08:03

Replies: 25

FLynx cost doubles to £2Bn

Views: 4,181

Posted By Pegasus#

"Officials said the new price may be a typing...

"Officials said the new price may be a typing error or may include the cost of spares."

Strange that they have yet to declare which (if either) of these options it is. Any other organisation that...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2007, 07:46

Replies: 73

MRA 4, delayed again?

Views: 15,513

Posted By Pegasus#

The stability issue was identified very early on...

The stability issue was identified very early on in the development process, and replicated in the sim; first flight(s) just confirmed the precise characteristics. As to who pays? The taxpayer, who...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Mar 2003, 12:54

Replies: 0

CNN report on US Apache operation

Views: 699

Posted By Pegasus#

CNN report on US Apache operation

SOUTHERN IRAQ (CNN) -- U.S. Apache attack helicopters fought a fierce battle with units of Iraq's Republican Guard units early Monday about 96 kilometers (60 miles) south of Baghdad.

Later Monday...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Mar 2003, 15:32

Replies: 71

News media luvvies & war reporting

Views: 7,933

Posted By Pegasus#

I really am not sure we should be getting too...

I really am not sure we should be getting too upset about the luvvies themselves: they only take what is given to them by the uniformed (and sometimes un-uniformed) people who talk to the press....

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Feb 2003, 10:23

Replies: 47

Nimrod Cancelled?

Views: 10,166

Posted By Pegasus#

Lord Bach stated last week that the In-Service...

Lord Bach stated last week that the In-Service date has been re-defined from April 2003 for the 7th production aircraft to the delivery of the first 6 production aircraft, i.e. 9 including the 3...

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