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Weekend, May 27-29, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Cyclone ‘the right aircraft’ Helicopters will conduct search and rescue missions as well as provide tactical transport Contract signed in 2004 was $3 billion for 28 Cyclones plus support Cyclones to replace the Sea Kings at a rate of one per month RYAN TAPLIN/METRO
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay
a month to slowly replace the Sea Kings. “I suspect many men and women in uniform never thought they’d see this day finally come when Canada flies a new maritime helicopter to replace our aging Sea Kings,� MacKay said. He mentioned the political delays in the ’90s when the former Liberal government backed out of Sea King replacement program. But there were also three delays in delivering the first test aircrafts from Sikorsky. Although he hasn’t flown the Cyclone yet, Charlton said it’s like the difference between driving a 50-year-old car and brand new one. “This new aircraft has a sensor suite that is three or four generations ahead of the Sea King,� he said.
Maj. Chris Charlton talks with reporters Thursday about the Cyclone test helicopter delivered to 12 Wing Shearwater earlier this month.
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Helicopter pilot Maj. Chris Charlton can’t wait to get his hands on the new Cyclone delivered to 12 Wing Shearwater earlier this month. “It is indeed the right aircraft,� said Charlton, who has flown Sea Kings for the past 23 years. “This is going to be one of the top two or three aircrafts in the world for the search and rescue job, the anti-submarine job, and the job of looking for pirates.� Defence Minister Peter MacKay looked over Cyclone 804 before a press conference on Thursday. He said this aircraft will be used for ground crew training first before the air crews train with it later this summer. But it is still the property of the manufacturer, Sikorsky, until the Department of National Defence takes possession of it. The first Cyclone is expected to become Canadian property later this summer and will start integration as a test aircraft. Then starting in June, 2012 the 28 “final configuration� Cyclones will start arriving in the country at a rate of one