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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2024, 00:08
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

JFZ90 The Review got its main point correct,...

JFZ90

The Review got its main point correct, because it was given irrefutable evidence. A 'mandate' was placed upon the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - that being the RAF was forbidden from...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2024, 08:36
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Precisely. My opinion, and again I base it...

Precisely.

My opinion, and again I base it on known facts and my agreement with DFS, is that the Army was applying intolerable pressure to fly the Mk2 with it's intended enhancements. Ironic,...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2024, 07:04
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

JFZ90 I think the best way to summarise any...

JFZ90

I think the best way to summarise any reply to your points is to remind you that MoD admitted all the ‘claims’ made in the programme; and I think a statement to that effect should have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2024, 05:12
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Arrogant and dangerous? Definitely. They were...

Arrogant and dangerous? Definitely. They were found guilty of gross negligence for refusing to commit negligence.

There was a disagreement between the Board member and Reviewing Officers as to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2024, 18:51
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

There are some known facts that bear repeating: ...

There are some known facts that bear repeating:

Sqn Ldr Burke had previously flown the Mk2 in Philly. (While I say 'Mk2', to Boscombe it remained an unairworthy prototype for many months after the...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 14:22
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Regarding the papers being held back for 100...

Regarding the papers being held back for 100 years (or is it 50?), the obvious question is – what papers?

It must be remembered that Lord Philip had to resort to asking campaigners if they could...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 08:30
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Strange as it may seem, I'm with the MAA on this....

Strange as it may seem, I'm with the MAA on this.

After all, half a dozen reports saying the Chinook Mk2 isn't airworthy, and a mandated directive not to fly it, can't be 'accidentally' ignored.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2024, 09:05
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Controller Aircraft is a 3-Star civilian or...

Controller Aircraft is a 3-Star civilian or Service appointment in (at the time) MoD(PE), in charge of the Air Systems Controllerate. As distinct from Land and Sea.

He received his airworthiness...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2024, 04:16
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Falcon, I'll leave the book to speak for itself,...

Falcon, I'll leave the book to speak for itself, although when discussing Chinook it concentrates on Mk3. What prompted it was a recent Defence Committee report that, much like any mention of...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 16:25
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Thanks Falcon, Commercial's involvement...

Thanks Falcon,

Commercial's involvement (they were called 'Contracts' then) would have been limited to escalating it to Director General Contracts, a 2-Star. I can't recall precisely who had the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 15:24
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Quite right, and all of the above is mentioned...

Quite right, and all of the above is mentioned and explained in the books.

It boils down to Induction Build Standard. That is for the Service to determine, and agree with the project office, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 10:18
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

The biggest cock-up was the FADEC procurement...

The biggest cock-up was the FADEC procurement strategy in the late 80s. Breached every known rule going. When the RAF's Training Development Team ('train the trainers') visited Boeing in 1992/3...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 09:26
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

Thank you AR. As Flipster mentioned above,...

Thank you AR.

As Flipster mentioned above, a key event in the campaign was the uncovering of the complete Chinook Airworthiness Review Team report in early 2011, issued by the Director of Flight...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 01:47
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

The letter was written on 16 February 1995, after...

The letter was written on 16 February 1995, after the crash but very importantly before the gross negligence decision was made by Day on 20 March 1995.

It is clear from the sequence of events,...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 11:04
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

The production company, Fine Point Films, is...

The production company, Fine Point Films, is based in Belfast. They make numerous excellent documentaries aimed at, mainly, Northern Ireland, and flog them to the BBC.

This was the umpteenth...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 10:26
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

I've done attaining and maintaining airworthiness...

I've done attaining and maintaining airworthiness a lot more recently than continuing! I've always felt your career should work backwards through this sequence, but that's no longer MoD policy, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 17:39
Replies: 117
Views: 39,572
Posted By tucumseh

If you haven't read any of the books its not...

If you haven't read any of the books its not inapt at all. It's a fair question.

I know you probably mean Wratten and Day, but CAS (Graydon) was also a reviewing officer. The biggest lie of them...
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