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**rockhoppercrab** · 22-12-2007, 22:36

Originally Posted by soprano54

Originally Posted by rockhoppercrab

Hopefully the ex danish merlins will be ready soon

Are you in the know cos' your avatar looks very similar to 78 Sqn's badge!

i am currently doing the conversions

**Iscoed** · 22-12-2007, 22:37

The contract was signed on Dec 14th this year...and delivery of the last one is 2009...

**duffdike** · 22-12-2007, 22:39

I am assuming that the software borkage which downed a Chinook carrying the top brass from the NI Int community in Scotland some years ago and subsequently caused the grounding of the Chinook fleet worldwide has now been fixed?

**rockhoppercrab** · 22-12-2007, 22:40

Originally Posted by Argee2007

Its also good to see that the government are trying to merge/sell off DARA, so at a time when we're desperate for helicopters and support we're effectively reducing our ability to fix and modify them.

Having worked on fast jets as a DARA employee at St Athan and on rotary at Fleetlands all i can say is they dumped the wrong part of the company. Fast jet was producing the goods only to be dumped to BAeS and turned into one unholy fcukup. Fleetlands is an unholy fcukup and needs to be dumped ASAP.

**rockhoppercrab** · 22-12-2007, 22:42

Originally Posted by duffdike

I am assuming that the software borkage which downed a Chinook carrying the top brass from the NI Int community in Scotland some years ago and subsequently caused the grounding of the Chinook fleet worldwide has now been fixed?

Is that the software error that causes one to fly low, fast and in fog

**duffdike** · 22-12-2007, 23:44

Well obviously the crash and the subsequent grounding are completely unrelated. (not much). So no need to worry. But to the best of my knowledge a board of inquiry has never once previously found pilot error to be the cause of a crash without the pilot being alive to give evidence. That alone is a travesty. Nor indeed to overturn the result of the first inquiry. What does fast mean in a helicopter? Yes there was fog. But their nav sys were in theory sufficient for that flying and they were SF pilots. Big cover up by HMG under pressure from the septics and Boeing shareholders methinks. The Chinook is a duff piece of kit. Always has been. But it is a very well kept secret.

**jonwilly** · 22-12-2007, 23:59

The Pilots where 'Hung Out to Dry' on the Mull of Kintyre crash hopefully the matter will be rectified.
Prunne has hundreds if not a thousands posts on the matter.
As for the Chinook being a duff piece of kit, Please enlighten us on the subject.
john

**duffdike** · 23-12-2007, 00:02

Has the Chinook not been grounded on and off for years now?

**rockhoppercrab** · 23-12-2007, 09:32

Originally Posted by duffdike

Has the Chinook not been grounded on and off for years now?

Ummmmmm NO
I suppose thats why they have been dropping out of the skies almost continually, not.

**Fatcivvy** · 24-12-2007, 05:49

Originally Posted by Dunc0936

surely the americans have some out in the desert in nevarda that we can lease??? I would say we need more than 40, perhaps looking at the long term we could buy more and if they are not needed either offer them to civilan work or put them into Desert storage ourselves.

but as you say combatintman at last.

Duncan

No, the Americans don't have any spare either.Clicky here