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LOL!  I'm a snag exterminator.

The problems that you allude to are resolved by the replacement of the titanium studs retaining the oil filter with stainless steel; apparently this eliminates that issue.  Another issue with the main gearbox is related to cracks in a mount that have reduced the case life to 2700hrs, IIRC - this...

Consider the  source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_TV Yup.  If I ever find myself nodding at anything the Iranian PM says I'll check myself into the psych ward.

It may be that we don't want to keep those particular aircraft, anyways.  They may not be in mint condition.

FWIW: I was on course at Bell in the winter, and in spite of being a FN (foriegn national) I was included in a discussion of the systems in the Yankee and Whiskey model variants of the Huey.  Impressive aircraft, especially since they're an extension of a roughly 50 year old product line. I'm...

I can only assume you mean the Bell 412, Colin, as the 214 is either a heavy-lift machine of the same size as the 212/412 but with bigger blades and a single big stove (214B), or it's a large-cabin heavy twin (214).  If you were referring to the 412, then you're right, there are many more...

I don't think I could come up with a more potent symbol of fear and horror that a heavy transport jet flying low amongst the towers of NYC, except to maybe add a couple of fighter jets in close formation. That the Obama braintrust would miss the obvious connection that the population of...

Hey, that's mighty good of you, Wes. That offer good for all? Cheers, Doc

Welcome aboard, Sapper. You're gonna hear it soon enough from the Admins, but you've got to keep the "field talk" down to a minimum around here: loose lips sink careers and all that.  Comments made in jest that might be misconstrued by a trolling reporter or other busybody with no sense of...

Welcome to Army.ca, Jocelyn. Allow me to tender our best wishes and sympathy to you and your family, as well as our respect and admiration for your father. We would all be proud to have known a soldier such as your M. Major.

A great yacht, but no good for ice.  If we ever assume protectorate control of the Turks and Caicos, we could use it there. Heck, I'd re-up if we had a presence there: it sure beats anywhere Arctic for a posting.

Why do I get the feeling that I'm watching the Three Four Stooges debate the Prime Minister? An early political commentator might have described the process as being "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing".  Of course, we can always rely on the CBC to divine Harper's hidden agenda from his...

Waiting for weather to clear so we can launch our helicopter south from Cambridge Bay.  'Been stuck here for a week or so waiting for the temps to drop enough to reduce the icing and fog.  I need a night someplace where the local kids don't roam all night throwing rocks at the buildings the...

Common enough fallacy. Tax the "big corporations" and they respond, in order to maximize shareholder returns, by moving to a more tax-friendly jurisdiction.  When the big bad corporations go so does the industrial tax base which pays the lion's share of your municipal services.  Also gone are...

Well, TCBF, history has that habit of repeating itself. 

And Brad, you know that if we let that happen - you know, the due course thing - we'll either be castigated in the press for "allowing" recidivism or for not providing a proper environment for the effective rehabilitation of the wayward.  But seriously folks, we're truly stuffed here since the...

I believe that the IRC and other NGO's with vision problems (they don't see any difference between the NATO, ANP and ANA forces and the Taliban) will push for captured combatants to be treated as we would treat criminals in the west: same standards of evidence, same presumption of innocence...

A lot of propagandizing indeed, Chris.  Your very insightful post(s) have explained much of what I have understood as pure obstinacy and given me an historical perspective to the Quebecois that I frankly attributed to a faux guallic sense of superiority. I still, however, believe that les...

In Canmore, Alberta, where I live, it is common for the French-speaking parents of young children to raise their families with no English.  These families are here because of the large Federal service employment at Banff National Park, where hiring is predicated on fluency in French (English...

Three winters in Yellowknife taught me to: Install a canvas belly-tarp under the truck. Install battery blankets, and a pad heater on the oil pan. Use full-synthetic oils in the engine, transmission, transfer case, differentials, and especially power-steering (oil lines pop right off when you...