Originally posted by carrington
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Because the air corps don't want to, basically. You do realise that nobody else in the DF is allowed fly helis except the Air Corps?
From 1986 we had the opprotunity to build up a skill base of Naval Heli ops. However the Air Corps of the Time were at best uncooperative in its operation. Through no fault of their own. If they wanted to work on ships they would have joined the Navy. Follow from that the selection of an unsuitable compromise aircraft for the task. Jack of all trades, master of none, and a Government of the time that liked to keep the Shiney New dauphins for VIP transport, when the crews should have been working up for Night Flying, SAR and Naval Co-Op.
Until these issues are addressed, it is pointless trying to continue Naval Heli Ops. Besides, the only heli deck equipped ship in the fleet, no longer has most of its deck handling equipment, and has lost most of the skill base. Many are found here, almost all are EX Navy.
Its a very steep learning curve, trying to land on a twenty by forty foot deck that is moving away from you, while at the same time pitching from port to starboard, and rising and falling at the same time.
I remember a pilot referred to it as being like trying to shove wet spagetti up a wildcats ass.
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