Best if people do register themselves if they require information. Govt Tender dox are ringfenced from being freely publicly available via the gateway of registration. Their is an element of commercial sensitivity with respect to interested parties that lies behind this recent move by GETS to control who gets the information. The issue here is with how that information is used and for what purpose. Whacking tender dox up on a public forum even though innocently and for good intentions does ruffle feathers and GF felt it prudent to zap it when alerted to it.
If its a twin engine jobbie then you already have the french trying to pump small ISR modules into modified transports - so the cargo area can already be filled with jumpers if it becomes an option
Feathers get ruffled for all sorts of reasons. Often without particular cause.
My are feathers not ruffled. It is just that DT has become precautionary about redistributing source material when we do not know if it is sensitive commercially or securitywise. The deletion of the post by GF was not about you personally, but about moderating a DT guideline. I trust that clears that up.
I would hope this was an option otherwise it may well be a pre-cursor to contracting out other functions in this class such as ISR, transport etc, satisfying the govt requirement but still leaving the RNZAF and NZDF wanting.
Mea culpa, mea culpa etc
Do not blame yourself. The mea culpa was ZAs in that he didn't abide by all of the T&Cs. The pollies and the bureaucrats have reasons that are a mystery to the rest of us and unfortunately for us we generally have to abide by them. You can register yourself if you want to. It is a free service.
A blue weapon in todays training environment means:
From what I can gather it is a civy aircraft and qualified civy pilot they are looking for. So you may see something along the lines of a Cresco 750 etc., doing para drops for the likes of Kiwi Blue at displays etc., instead of the C130. My own pick would be the ZK-WAR the Warbirds Dakota
However on a more serious note I think it would include the para training at PTSU at Whenuapai.Not certain but I seem to remember hearing that PTSU have been using a civvy a/c & pilot for some time, as required, with Hercs used where warranted!?! Could this possibly just be a case of putting something more formal in place?!!From what I can gather it is a civy aircraft and qualified civy pilot they are looking for. So you may see something along the lines of a Cresco 750 etc., doing para drops for the likes of Kiwi Blue at displays etc., instead of the C130. My own pick would be the ZK-WAR the Warbirds Dakota
Yes quite hypocritical. To quote a sailors saying, some would whinge if their a**e was on fire and they would whinge if you p****d on it to put the fire out. I don't know much about the Pinzgauers so am unsure whether they were a good or bad purchase. However why do they have to wait 9 months for replacement parts?
They are a bloody good vehicle - very highly regarded and nicknamed in some circles as the "billy goat" as they'll just about go anywhere a billy goat can go
One thing about the Pinni's that they are deafening especially for driver and co driver.They are a bloody good vehicle - very highly regarded and nicknamed in some circles as the "billy goat" as they'll just about go anywhere a billy goat can go
The question is what did NZDEF do to change the spec from factory that has caused the probs? The main problem then appears to be the maint contract.
Aust has had similar probs with the Supacats - the problem hasn't been about the vehicle, its been about engineering changes