I don’t think I would revise what I have said. But now that Gen. Rick Hillier is out, and our commitment is coming to a close with a 2011 pullout. I can see why the promises are starting to recede.

But is hard with any minority Gov’t be it Conservatives, Liberal, NDP, to put something through when the opposition do what the name sake means. They oppose everything, be it good or bad.

I saw in the last AFM magazine that our first Herc was rolled out. And I do believe we purchased 17 of them. And with our C-17 we could still lend our transports out for our commitment to UN obligations.

And just because we are pulling out of Afgan… Does not mean we will not be back.

Nice to meet you Saganuay

Thanks for the info Bager1968.
90inFIRST I do really like this version for the QE’s, Although the middle elevator would probably be restricted by head room for types of aircraft brought up.

Would the flight deck size of the CVA-01 permit the landing of an F-14?
I know the midways had to fly F-4’s because the F-14 was considered too heavy for operations on that ship class. Would the same apply to the CVA-01’s?

Regarding the QE’s, there was two proposals for ship designs. Bae and I think Vickers which won the contract. Didn’t the BAE design have an island and cat walk to a main mast with a third deck edge elevator underneath. I always liked that one more than the current guise.

Voodoo

I don’t think Canada has been good at marketing anything. Just look at the arrow. If we tried selling it harder it might have been in service with us…

I think it was at the farnborough (sp?) airshow that a pilot (and I don’t know if it was Canadian) put the clunk through it’s paces. A lot of people were impressed with how nimble it could actually be. I think that resulted in the Belgian order.

But too many countries were building interceptors that were faster with close to the same range on one engine and swept wings. Kind of looks more enticing than the clunk right there.

The U.S. were looking for an aircraft for the interdictor missions over the ho chi minh trail, but needed something with longer legs.

Hope this helps a little

Voodoo

I can’t see Canada buying them. We have a proud tradition of wearing our equipment out before looking into replacing it. The Halifax class will soldier on for a long while yet. We need to replace our Athabaskan class destroyers first. And from what I heard it will be an enlarged Halifax version.

Most contries are making stealthier boats. I wish we would follow the trend. But atleast our boats are built in house.

Voodoo

Found this video on youtube and thought I would share it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QprQcfr45fk

Voodoo

After the cancellation of the Avro Arrow, Blackburn did drawings of a proposed fighter variant of the Buccaneer. And presented it to Canada.

Voodoo