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NATO AirPower ASW ops, interesting document
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Nice details video of our first C295 before it left Seville.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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Really hope whatever that thing is for for the LiDAR is removable or can be closedOriginally posted by na grohmiti View Post
Nice details video of our first C295 before it left Seville.
no sign of a flare launcher (I think it was just inside the ramp on the starboard side) or the liferaft racks on unlike the CN235Comment
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Yeah, its a bit of a trip hazard. Not sure how practical having the raft launcher on the door was in reality. Its great in theory, but in practice, its usefulness in Irish waters are questionable.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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I was at that event myself.Originally posted by DeV View Post
As you can see it's like Dambusters there. If you manage to land the raft near those who need it, will they have the energy to get to it, or to board it? Its hard enough to board a raft unassisted in a swimming pool, never mind at sea. You are hoping that those in the water are in their once only's, and if they are their survival chances are as good in the water in their suit, than out of it, huddled together in a raft full of seasick, getting tossed about while waiting for rescue.
Reality, this will be an "all ships" shout, where you are more likely for a civvy vessel in the area to be first on scene as a spotter aircraft, first on scene and realising the survivors need a (extra) raft.
Add to that, if they are rescued, this unmarked raft, what becomes of it? It's not going in the heli, and are going to send a floating asset out to search for an empty raft? If a raft from a ship floats ashore empty it is marked witht he ships name and port of reg, so a quick call to CG will tell you that it is not aa cause for a further shout. However a rescue raft of this type, floating ashore possibly months later, in a state far from where the incident happened, can generate a second shout, well intentioned, but ultimately false.
Better system of deployment. No additional equipment needed in the launch aircraft.
For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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2nd Airbus C295 for the Air Corps arrived in Bal in the last hour.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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