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For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Good points on the RC planes & flares, deffo a bit more cost effective. Sure we'll see what pans out with it.
More interested to see how the SCAR project goes... Some posters mentioned APKWS as an option, but FN Herstal also have a laser guided 2.75 inch rocket which is probably a better bet. Probably be the backseater who controls the pod - would that mean we'd now have a WSO grade in the Air Corps!
Air to air firing with a Learjet target towing aircraft was mentioned in the early PC-9 days (the link to that is somewhere way back in this thread).Last edited by meridian; 11 August 2022, 17:11.
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From the Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2...o-be-acquired/
...and the Air Corps will receiving funding for several small Piper training aircraft.
Is it hint at a ab initio trainer, a twin engine trainer, a PC9 replacement or are they confusing new trainers with the GASU fixed wing project??
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I always thought the PC9 was a bad choice of trainer for pilots who will all go on to fly twin seat aircraft, be it rotary or fixed wing. Its a fine trainer if you streaming to fast jet though, but how many hours are wasted on learning about G suits that they will never wear during their working life again?For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostI always thought the PC9 was a bad choice of trainer for pilots who will all go on to fly twin seat aircraft, be it rotary or fixed wing. Its a fine trainer if you streaming to fast jet though, but how many hours are wasted on learning about G suits that they will never wear during their working life again?
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So it's a bluff then?
Imagine if the Army spent basic training just teaching a soldier how to fire the Rifle and GPMG, and then, after they pass out, hand them a Pistol, and send them on their way?
If the navy spent years getting its crews qualified to operate their OPVs, engines, sensors, and weapons, only to point them to the civvy boat transport after and say "that's you for the rest of your career, well done.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmiti View PostSo it's a bluff then?
Imagine if the Army spent basic training just teaching a soldier how to fire the Rifle and GPMG, and then, after they pass out, hand them a Pistol, and send them on their way?
If the navy spent years getting its crews qualified to operate their OPVs, engines, sensors, and weapons, only to point them to the civvy boat transport after and say "that's you for the rest of your career, well done.
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Originally posted by DeV View Post
And yet “training aircraft” hasn’t been mentioned anywhere officially
i still say it’s a typo for “transport” as in C295s for delivery next yearFor now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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