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Has anyone seen this months issue? Excellent interview with GOC Air Corps,where he details the future for the service,lots of interesting revelations.
Including:
Casa Mid Life Upgrade,involving Complete Radar Upgrade will be required in next few years.
DOMNR has requirement for 1000 hours Fixed wing Pollution Monitoring and control. Suitable aircraft may be required for this,possibly the Cessna replacment.
The Air Corps intended Leasing a 10 to 12 seater Citation for MATS in 2002,and tenders were invited,until the government decided instead that it wanted a Long range aircraft capable of operating from a 6000 foot runway carrying at least 25 passengers and 5 crew 3500NM non stop and Max range of 5000NM non stop,and another,capable of operating from a 4800 foot runway,carrying 7 passengers to a destination of not less than 1500nm non stop. The long range aircraft plan was shelved,and the government went ahead with the proposed King Air replacment, The Learjet 45,costing €8.4m(plus VAT),funded from savings in the Dept of defence(and not the Dept of the Taoiseach,as bertie assured us all)
Siai Marchettis will be disposed of by tender by the end of this year.
The EC135 was selected in preference to the Agusta A109Power, will feature 2 Pilot EFIS cockpit,fully coupled autopilot,Low Skid Undercarriage and Honeywell Nose mounted weather Radar. Due for delivery in Mid october or early November,Ser No 270,271
The AB139 was selected in Preference to the Eurocopter EC145,Sikorsky S76C and S70A.First two due for delivery in June of next year,2 more Due for delivery in 2007 and hopefully if th eoption is exercised,two more in 2008.Ser No 272,273,274,275,276,277
Dauphins cost €6.35m in Contract repairs and parts between 1997 and 2000. Next scheduled overhauls would cost €2.5m per aircraft. Only 15% of the Target of Naval operations was achieved with LE Eithne,and both Navalised Dauphins(ser No 244,245) are Withdrawn from service and cannot be flown without further overhaul,which will now not be carried out.
Big Push on to demonstrate the Air Corps air ambulance capabilities,with the Learjet,and both new Heli types.
A cessna replacment type has yet to be evaluated,but Island utility is a new consideration in its selection.
Enhanced airlift is also being evaluated,with the global dispertion of our troops pointing towards a larger aircraft such as an A320 rather than a Hercules or C27.
He wants to build air corps capacity in rotary wing so that in time an air corps element could travel overseas as an air corps element.
Ser No 268,269 reserved for future Pilatus PC-9s.
In summary: Get the new aircraft,get them running,show the "customer" what can be done,and prove itself.
Including:
Casa Mid Life Upgrade,involving Complete Radar Upgrade will be required in next few years.
DOMNR has requirement for 1000 hours Fixed wing Pollution Monitoring and control. Suitable aircraft may be required for this,possibly the Cessna replacment.
The Air Corps intended Leasing a 10 to 12 seater Citation for MATS in 2002,and tenders were invited,until the government decided instead that it wanted a Long range aircraft capable of operating from a 6000 foot runway carrying at least 25 passengers and 5 crew 3500NM non stop and Max range of 5000NM non stop,and another,capable of operating from a 4800 foot runway,carrying 7 passengers to a destination of not less than 1500nm non stop. The long range aircraft plan was shelved,and the government went ahead with the proposed King Air replacment, The Learjet 45,costing €8.4m(plus VAT),funded from savings in the Dept of defence(and not the Dept of the Taoiseach,as bertie assured us all)
Siai Marchettis will be disposed of by tender by the end of this year.
The EC135 was selected in preference to the Agusta A109Power, will feature 2 Pilot EFIS cockpit,fully coupled autopilot,Low Skid Undercarriage and Honeywell Nose mounted weather Radar. Due for delivery in Mid october or early November,Ser No 270,271
The AB139 was selected in Preference to the Eurocopter EC145,Sikorsky S76C and S70A.First two due for delivery in June of next year,2 more Due for delivery in 2007 and hopefully if th eoption is exercised,two more in 2008.Ser No 272,273,274,275,276,277
Dauphins cost €6.35m in Contract repairs and parts between 1997 and 2000. Next scheduled overhauls would cost €2.5m per aircraft. Only 15% of the Target of Naval operations was achieved with LE Eithne,and both Navalised Dauphins(ser No 244,245) are Withdrawn from service and cannot be flown without further overhaul,which will now not be carried out.
Big Push on to demonstrate the Air Corps air ambulance capabilities,with the Learjet,and both new Heli types.
A cessna replacment type has yet to be evaluated,but Island utility is a new consideration in its selection.
Enhanced airlift is also being evaluated,with the global dispertion of our troops pointing towards a larger aircraft such as an A320 rather than a Hercules or C27.
He wants to build air corps capacity in rotary wing so that in time an air corps element could travel overseas as an air corps element.
Ser No 268,269 reserved for future Pilatus PC-9s.
In summary: Get the new aircraft,get them running,show the "customer" what can be done,and prove itself.
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