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Offline raafif

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Maritime Patrol aircraft
« on: December 13, 2014, 11:27:24 AM »
[quote from another site]
"bomber version of a CL-215 ?"
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how about this .... Canada needs a small, fast patrol-plane to try & get that mysterious sub spotted off their west coast .....
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Offline Silver Fox

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Re: Maritime Patrol aircraft
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2014, 03:05:08 PM »
Looks good to me!
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Offline upnorth

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Re: Maritime Patrol aircraft
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2014, 11:50:22 PM »
Certainly an idea with merit:

http://www.bombardier.com/en/aerospace/amphibious-aircraft/bombardier-415-mp.html


I recall, back in the 80s, a couple of ASW aircraft concepts were on the tables at DeHavilland and Canadair. DeHavilland had the Dash 8 based Triton aircraft while Canadair had a CL-415 based machine.
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Re: Maritime Patrol aircraft
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2014, 09:44:15 AM »
'Fast' is not a word normally associated with 215 and 415.  ;)
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Offline elmayerle

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Re: Maritime Patrol aircraft
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2014, 10:23:39 AM »
Quote from: jcf on December 14, 2014, 09:44:15 AM
'Fast' is not a word normally associated with 215 and 415.  ;)
But, compared with most water-borne vehicles, they are.
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