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Post by phil on Oct 2, 2021 13:15:21 GMT 12
Martin Baker designed a system of adapting seats capable of underwater ejection for use on carriers. Although I don't believe the Mk2 fitted to the Wyvern was such a seat, perhaps this incident prompted its design.
Here's a couple of paragraphs from a history of MB Seats:
An underwater escape system has been designed by Martin-Baker to provide automatic escape from submerged aircraft, even though the occupants may be unconscious. An ejection seat fitted with this underwater system is capable of ejecting the occupant from the aircraft, separating him from the seat and bringing him to the surface by means of a fully inflated lifejacket, no action whatsoever being necessary by the seat occupant.
Incorporation of the underwater system provides the standard seat with this additional facility, but in no way affects the normal ballistic operation of the seat during an airborne ejection.
Modifications to the seat consist of an air cylinder mounted either on the seat or on the aircraft bulkhead and charged to 3000 lb per square inch. Air from this cylinder is released at a pre-set depth as the aircraft sinks, and pressure is directed into the ejection gun cylinder. This results in the extension of the ejection gun tubes and subsequent seat ejection.
Air is also piped to a drogue gun trip rod release unit to disconnect the trip rod, to prevent the gun from firing and thus prevent the drogues from deploying. The time-release unit operates as in a normal ejection to give seat/man separation. Bladders positioned behind the parachute pack and beneath the survival pack inflate during separation, to push the occupant clear of the seat. Parachute deployment is prevented by severance of the parachute withdrawal line by a guillotine as the occupant leaves the seat. After separation from the seat, the occupant rises to the surface aided by his inflated lifejacket, which is inflated by pressure from a CO2 cylinder mounted on his lifejacket, and actuated by air pressure from the air cylinder.
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Post by phil on Sept 11, 2021 1:20:40 GMT 12
Can you post a photo?
If you are talking about what is visible in google earth satellite view, that looks to be work for a new OLA, in the A4 days we called it Camp Sanson, although then it was just the taxiway.
I think you will find the new area will be large enough for a P-8A.
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Post by phil on Aug 22, 2021 12:47:58 GMT 12
I see it comes with FLIR SAFIRE family sensors with Video Downlink (VDL)
Someone's upgraded them quite a bit for JTAC training.
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Post by phil on Aug 12, 2021 19:04:14 GMT 12
Well they do need to look at clearing that hangar out, it's become a storage area for historic aircraft, and the space will soon be needed for other things.
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Post by phil on Aug 12, 2021 19:00:32 GMT 12
Sound like a good excuse to ramp up the 3 waters takeover.... NZDF remains responsible for water, regardless. So do schools, as stated in the article.
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Post by phil on Aug 3, 2021 21:58:06 GMT 12
Hopefully finished in time!
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Post by phil on Jul 4, 2021 18:49:53 GMT 12
I'm not sure what the OP means by Technician tool boxes? We don't get issued individual tool boxes, all tools are part of composite tool kits of various types. Each hangar has a large tool board, and specialist tools tend to be either on separate tool boards, or in their own kits. These can be pelican cases, or various brands of steel rolling draws, sorry I can't recall what brands these tend to be, or even if there is a standard. Each SQN seems to use different set ups. RAAF 11 SQN uses a brand called Henchman (https://www.henchman.com.au/), which supplies all sorts of different sized tool boards/draws etc and are very high quality.
As noted above, tools are tagged out against a specific aircraft, and accounted for as part of signing for a task.
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Post by phil on Jun 14, 2021 18:11:46 GMT 12
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Post by phil on May 26, 2021 18:49:17 GMT 12
NZ1015 has been on the civil register as ZK-RNZ since 2017.
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Post by phil on May 3, 2021 0:44:07 GMT 12
What years was Sarah (Sara?) Jardine in? She was a Photog at WP. We did Cpl Qual together in 96. I thought she joined in 89/90? I seem to recall she transferred to the Navy? She was commissioned in the Navy in the early-mid 2000s I think. She featured in a documentary series that followed a group of Navy officer trainees through their commissioning course.
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Post by phil on Mar 20, 2021 12:15:39 GMT 12
We had that one at the bomb dump for many years, I heard we got it from the Aussies, but that is just anecdotal. It is still around somewhere, was looking pretty rusty last time I saw it. Apart from photo ops, it was never actually a thing we used.
The Mk 84 uses 30in suspension, so you'd be challenged to fit it to anything other than STN3.
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Post by phil on Mar 20, 2021 1:50:03 GMT 12
Certainly not 1000kg, that would be 2000lb Mk84 which was never carried, and there isn't anything larger in the Mk80 series. I believe they did drop concrete Mk82 (500lb) bombs during Kahu OT&E, and they may have been orange rather than blue. Normal practice bombing was with BDUs off PMBRs. Hi Phil, Many Thanks for that information, I'll pass it onto my overseas friend He's building an RNZAF A4K, and this will help out. He may just have to go with either the Blue Practice Bombs, Or Orange Concrete 500lbers Thanks/regards Alan Has he run out of green paint? We dropped live Mk82 and Mk83 bombs all the time.
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Post by phil on Mar 20, 2021 1:48:29 GMT 12
During Exercise Cope Thunder in the Phillipines (early 1980s) we dropped 500lb blue inert bombs on the Crow Valley range complex. I thought I'd seen pictures of that, but couldn't confirm it as my books are all in storage back in NZ. I don't believe the Mk84 was ever stores cleared on the A-4K, anyone got a copy of the NATOPs that shows it?
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Post by phil on Mar 16, 2021 9:53:03 GMT 12
Certainly not 1000kg, that would be 2000lb Mk84 which was never carried, and there isn't anything larger in the Mk80 series. I believe they did drop concrete Mk82 (500lb) bombs during Kahu OT&E, and they may have been orange rather than blue. Normal practice bombing was with BDUs off PMBRs.
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Post by phil on Jan 7, 2021 20:18:49 GMT 12
Was there anything under those blanks pre kahu? Looks like the holes the dispensers would later be fitted to are blanked, with no dispenser housing fitted. Rather than the post Kahu blanks, which were fitted to the dispenser housings themselves, and blanked off where the magazines were fitted.
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Post by phil on Jan 3, 2021 14:15:31 GMT 12
The ALE-39 dispensers housings weren't present on the pre kahu a/c, where they? So they were not simply blanked off in the same way as they were on the post kahu aircraft, afaik there was nothing visible aft of the hell hole where the CDS dispensers would eventually be fitted. However I can't find a photo of this area pre kahu.
Post Kahu there were fairly substantial blanks fitted to the dispenser housings. So you had the dispenser housing that did sit slightly proud of the airframe (I recall PRCing around them after replacing one), and then the blanks (which I recall were weighted to account for the lack of magazine for CoG purposes)which were screwed into the housings.
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Post by phil on Dec 10, 2020 17:14:10 GMT 12
Lowered the standard, I should have said. No Dave, changed the standard. It isn't any lower. There is no relationship between having a beard and adhering to lower standards. It takes far more effort and discipline to keep a beard groomed within the standards in NZAP 207 than it does to be clean shaven.
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Post by phil on Dec 9, 2020 19:41:16 GMT 12
I am not sure if clothing will be such an issue these days. The modern RNZAF is all beards and tattoos now so they have obviously dropped the grooming standard policy from our days. But, like any interview, you should definitely dress smartly as it does make an impression. They changed the grooming standards, they haven't dropped them. Beards still have to be to a standard.
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Post by phil on Sept 23, 2020 23:56:59 GMT 12
My answer was that civilians didn't qualify for the award of the VC, You'll be pleased to know they do. So it's not too late...
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Post by phil on Sept 17, 2020 15:58:59 GMT 12
I know one question was 'why do you want to be in the military'. You could tell the physc that you wanted to kill people, I really wouldn't recommend that one.
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