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NATIONAL DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS QUARTIER GENERAL DE LA DEFENSE NATIONALE Non-Precision Approaches
DIRECTORATE OF FLIGHT SAFETY DIRECTION DE LA SECURITE DES VOLS
Two landing accidents have occurred within the past few months which
have one thing in common - the pilots had completed non-precision instru-
COL J .R . CHISHOLM Col J .R . CHISHOLM ment approaches when the weather was at or near published limits . in one
DIRECTOR UF FLIGHT SAFETY DIRECTEUR DE LA SECURIT~ DES VOLS
case the aircraft was too high when the pilot changed to a visual approach
and he landed long and fast. In the other case. the pilot attempted an un-
MAJ D.H . GREGORY l . COL D . A . PURICH
succes sful missed a pp roach at low altitude . Since the weather was 9 ood
Mal D .H . GREGORY L COl D . A . PURICH
Education and analysis Operations and Technical Safety Analyse et education Securite operationnelle et technique
enough for the pilots to see the runway, why did the accidents happen?
Whil eP ilot techni q ue is usuall Y the cause of landin 9 or overshoot acci-
dents, the decision to continue the approach visually at weather minimums
is also a factor which is sometimes overlooked . If the aircraft is high or not
3 feedback on dfs vtr briefings 3 exposes su~ bandes magnetoscopiques lined up with the runway, the chances of misjudging the final approach are
greatly increased . It's not enough to simply see the runway, because air-
4 phrsical activity S activite physique craft performance, runway conditions, wind, and pilot skill will all play a
r role.
Maybe I am simply stating the obvious but, if two experienced pilots
8 good show 9 good show could apparently get caught out when the weather was on limits, perhaps it
needs to be said . Obviously, a non-precision approach in a high perform-
ance aircraft is a critical manoeuvre which doesn't allow much mar 9 in for
14 gliding into summe~ 1980 15 vol b voile a I'ete 1980 error . The lesson to be learned from these accidents is that, at mlnlmums,
you should be very sure that you are in a position to make a safe landing
16 the 1979 balance sheet 17 1979 - le bilan de I'annee before you commit yourself to a visual approach .
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Comynent.r Editorial I .e ltajnr Bnh 11'orhet~ et I'eyuipe de lournake Inr~ de la prise
de +ue dc "l naulhuriicd Nli~ht ~tanocurres",
FEEBACK . ..
not universal) feeling by some people Primo : Certaines personnes (pas toutes, Dieu merci!) prend donc recllement toute ~a valeur yue ,i nous e~hangeons
that Fli 9 ht Commenl should be a continuent a penser que Propos de vol devrait cette inlormatiitn ~ur le "pourquoi" et le "conunent" .
medium for dissemination of cerlain
ON DFS VIDEO TAPE BRIEFINGS
se limiter a communiquer les informations du Pour ~e 1'aire, nous avan ; jusqu a prc~cnt ulilise ~ertaines
need-fo-know information . This we type "a diffusion restreinte" . Nous ne le mcthud~s :
cannot do! Our purpose is not to pouvons tout simplemeni pas . Nous n'avons la mcthude ccrite, ~omme Propo~ de ~ol, Ie~ rc5umcs d'acci-
replace official channels of communi- pas a nous substituer au reseau de communi- by Major Jim Stewart, DFS dcnts ct Ic~ rapports linals dc ~uite~ a donncr ;
cation or accept responsibility for cation de notre hierarchie, ni a accepter des - la m~thude urale, par clrs contacl, per~onnel~ lor` de~ vi~iles
someone else's expertise or lack oi it . responsabilites pour combler un vide possible . annuelles, des +i~ite~ d'unites uu de~ conference~ ~ur la ~ecurite
Our aim is not to create policy but to Notre but n'est pas d'etablir une autre politi- A major rcsponsibilily of any }-light Safety organizatiun is de~ +ul~ .
endorse it ihrough analysis of ils que, mais de souscrire a celle qui existe en el~l~eeti+e communicatiun . ~'1'ithuut clfecti+e communication and - la methudc de, ~ours, comme celui d'officier de la ~c~urite iie~
effects upon you . analysanl les effets qu'elle peut avoir sur vous . 1'eedback lo user units our efforts in gatherin~ information, cols et, recentment, rclui des adjudants qui a ete organisec par
Secondly : The creation of the "For Profes- Secundo : La creation de la rubrique "pour professionna- assignin~, c:ause factors and icientifying prevenU+e rneasures le groupc du tran>port acricn .
sionalism" award has spawned an lisme" a fait surgir un monstre administratif would provc to bc an exereisc in futility . Unly by rnmmunicatin~ "Lc mecfiurn fait Ic mc5sage" aurait pu dirc, cn fran4ais, un
adminisirative "monster" which has qui cause certains retards dans les procedures . what happcned and why, doc5 our flight safety function take on
caused delays in processing . DFS will Tres bien, la DSV accepte le blame, mais en ('anadicn trcs ~elcbrc . A la US1', nuu~ ln n~iun~ a ce suiet yue le~
furm and subslance . enregi~lrement~ magneto~ropiclue~ t'unt trel bien I'affaire . II~ ~ont
"bite the bullet" on this one bui, partie seulement . Franchement, "il y en a" qui In the pa .~t we ha+-e used various methods of communi~ating : I,tcil~~~ ,a f noduire, ~ di~trihuer et a rnuntrer a des gruupe~
frankly, some people are not helping . n'aident pas! Vous connaissez vos gens et leur the +aritten ~ord such as Flight Conunent, aireraft ac~idcnt restreint` .
You know your people, their jobs, the travail, ainsi que les normes et la hierarchie . Si summaries and closing action rcports ; Nous avons rommcn~c, cn ociobre 1y79, par unc produrtion
standards and the chain of command, vous ne respectez pas le cadre etabli, savez- - personal ~otuart through yearly hriefing tour,, individual unit portant sur I'analysc dc fa~tcur~ yui ont cuntrihuc a I'ac~~itient
If you compromise the system, the guy vous qui en souffrira? Ceux que vous propose- briefings and atlcndan~c al Ilight safety meetings ; d'un Fal~on, ~t (luibcr . U'aillcur :, ~c metlium c~st deja largement
who suffers is the proposed rez a ce tableau d'honneur! Nous publierons - formal cour5es surh as the Flight Sal'cly Officer's Course and
utili~e par Ir~ krancJrs c~ompaenie~ aerienne~ et les erand~ urea-
"recipient" . Further guidelines will be prochainement des directives dans I'AO 135, recenlly Ihe NCQ'~ l~light Safetv Course eJc+clopcd by rlir
ni~me, cle ,ecurite ~e~ +uh .
promulgated shortly in OA 135 : how- en atlendant, et si vous avez des doutes, con- Trartsporl (iroup .
.lu~c(u'ci prc`rnt, nous a+ons rc4u plu` dc tlcux ccnts repun.~c~
ever, in the interim, if in doubt, seek sultez nos representants de la securite des As a famuus ('anadian once said - "the medium is the au clue,uonnaire qui a~rornpagnait notre prentiirr produciion .
help from your Flight Safely network . vols . message" . N'e at UFS feel that vi~eo tape recordin~,s (VTR's) are I e+ re~ultal~, en~our,lgeant~, re+elent un grancl enthuu~iasnte au
In all sinceriiy, as I said in the lasi edition, "this Comme je vous I'ai deja dit, en toute sincerite, ce an rxcellent +vay to get the messa~e acros, . They are easily ~ujet deti pussihilit~~ qu'offrc ~e mcdiurt~ cl de I'a-prupo~ du
magazine is a mirror image of you and what you do" . If you magazine est le reflei de ce que vous etes et de ce que produccd, distribuled and,hown to ~mall dis~us~ion group~ . mes,crge qui cst toujour, d'actualite . Lc~ ~ritique~ ron.,tru~ti+eti
don't like what you see, ihere are two things you can do : vous failes . Si vous n'aimez pas votre image, vous avez le 11'ith the production in Uetober, 1979, of a V fR briefing on nous ~cr+irunt puur Ic` prucJurtioru lulures . Soit cJit en has~ant,
break the mirror or change your image . The tormer will choix : casser le mirroir ou changer! Dans le premier cas, the critical factors which ~untributed to a Falcon overrun nuu~ +cnun~ cl'en trrminrr cJcut aWrc` : "Formaliun C'ulli~ions"
only hide the lruth, the latter will let it all hang out where vous n'aurez fait que cacher la verite ; dans le dernier, le accident al Quebec City airport we have no+v moved into this ct "Unauthoriird FliLht ~lancrcu+n" ~" . ~1u litrr drs antcliura-
everyone can benefit from it . rejaillissement sera benefique a tous . ~ommtutication mediwn - one +vhich is already wicJelv u~ed by tion~, ~i~n ;tlun~ I'utili~ation a~~rur de ~raphitlueti c't de ~uppurtti
majnr airlines and safety agencies . +i,uels, ain,i ctue la redu~tiun du r~eour~ au cuntmentat~ur . Ue
To datc wc havc re~etved o+er ?OU response ., to the yuestton- plu~, nnus prc+oyons uuliser un fond ntusical et dc~ effet, ~onurc~
naire ++c incluclcd with our first ~' flt . Thc results ha+c hcen ~pcriau~ .
encouraging and haec indi~ated enthusiasm for both the En rc uui +ous con+'crnc, r,tppclc~-+cru~ uuc rcti productiuns
potential of the mrdium itsclf and thr relevanrc and limelincs~ ol
Ab Lamoureux, Captain le capitaine Ab Lamoureux ~'adre`~cnt a tuu` et c(ur, p,tr c:onsi~yucnt, la terminulugic ou Ic~
the messa~e . The con~tructi+e rritirisms received are proving to rensei~ncment~ c(u'clles cuntienncnl ri~duent dc nr pa~ ~'appli-
be beneficial in plannin~ future production~, l+ao morc of ++hieh yuer a +n` opcrrlion~ particulicrc~ . Nous +uus in+iton~ dunc it nc
ha+c ju5t hccn comhlcted 1"E'urmauon ('ollisiun~" and "Un- pa~ +uu~ attardrr ~ur ~et a~p~~~t, ntais plutc~t a run,idcrer I~
authurizcd Fli~ht ~lanocu+rcs") . For inslancc, ++e arc no++ rncs~agc cian` ~a ~I~rhalitc, pour discutcr cl!t ~ujct ct tirer le` Ic4uns
EN CONFIDENCE a mecano nav. du 429~ escadron, including more graphic~~ and visual~ aith a +ic~ to rliminating ~is (~uur ccr` t+pr~ ~l'ap(~arcil~ uu J~' nti"iun, .
cours d'enquete sur les accidents d'avions a reaction de much "talkin~ head" a~ we ran . U~e of ntusic and ulher tipecial ("}~af A \ ()l ti U'h :\ fRAlkh : I .'INF(1R11 ~1 }1()\ (1l'I 1()l ~
I'USAF, Base Aerienne de Chanute, IIL, et I'OAB de la efferts i~ al~o planned .
CONFIDENTIAL to 429 SON F,E's., USAF Jet Engine BFC North Bay: ('()\('h :R\1~ :!
For yuur part, rcmcmber that the+e ~` IR'~ are protluced for
Accident Investigation Course, Chanute AFB, IIL, and 1~e~ Ir trm(~~, rhayuc US1'-Ba~c, di~(ic~`cra d'unc +idco~bedue
Reference: Propos de Vol No . 4, 79 . ~cr+icc-+~-ide di~tribution and thca therefore, ma_v rontain
BAdO CFB North Bay: purtant ~ur Ic~ tii+crsc> particularites de I'c~pluitation d'appareil~
tenninulogy or infonnation ++hirh rn~a+ not sperificall~ pcrtain to
Nous savons bien que vous savez que nous savons! mtlitatrc, . .ludt~tcuscmcnt uult~cc`, cllcs peu+cnt constttucr un
Reference : Flight Comment No . 4, 79 . vour particular operation . 1~'e tiould~urue you not tu forus tuo
Mais, ce que nous ne savons pas c'est pourquoi per~ atnut majeur danti la prerention drs ac~~idcnt~ .
We know Ihal you know that we know! sonne d'auire ne sait! closelti~ on indi+idual anuntalies uf thi~ nature but rather utilire
Whal we don't know is why nobody else doesn't know! Vous savez~vous? the ~eneral thrust uf the message to discuss the occurren~e and
I'Rll(,R 1~t~tl~ 1 IIIF(h( (1P1(1l F
You know? apply thc Icasun tu ~our aircralt npc and y°our mi~sion . Il is your
COUVERTURE . responsibility Io extract the inform :ttion which applies to tiuu! 1c c Itlf ~ I 1 I ' 1 I I t .Rkl,~ :1(~t .
COVER Un Kiowa au dessus de la piste de Cold Lake pendant In tintr eaclr RFSC) ~huuld ha+e a+ailahle a ~mall libran uh n de ral :+lokuc It?al8 Ilurcc IS minul~" +
KIOWA over CFB Cold Lake runway during "NIGHT I'exercice d'essai de projecteur "NIGHT SUN" - Photogra- VTR'~ dealink ++ilh ~pecific area~ 01 aircraft operauon, . F:n auut 1919, un H :clcun yui aUcrri~tiail a I'acnipurt de t~uchcc, a cft'acc
SUN" searchli 9 ht lrial - photo b Y S 9 t . Bob Maier, Air Photo phie prise par le sergent Bob Maier. Section Photo de la 1'rnperly utied, this libran can be a po,iti+e fc~r~'e in the prc+cn- lu pi~lc de 6~11 picd,. Lc~ I'actcun rontrihulif~, Icl, yue Ic~ m;ru~ ai~c, cou-
Section . AETE Cold Lake . Base, EERA de Cold Lake . tion ut airrrait a~cidcnt~ . . cont'd on pa 9 e 32 suite a la page 32
The twentieth century has given us the "good life" . Unfortuna- Le vingtieme siecle nous a apporte le "confort" . II est cepen- choses etroitement liees, mais nous nous en tiendrons uniquement
telv, however, one of' the major side efi'ects of the "good lifc" is dant regrettable de constater que le principal effet secondaire de a I'aspect physique) .
physical inactivity . North American society is hit particularly ce "confort" soit l'inactivite physique . La societ~ nord- La condition physique est definie en fonction dc quatre compo-
hard hy this effect probably because having the "good lifc" is a americaine Y est Particulierement ~u'etle
J P robablement parce q ue santes q ui dependent les unes des autres :
tiign of succe~~ . ce "confort" est un signe de succes . a . force (puissance musculaire) ;
Ta say we North Amerirans are physicallv inactive is an undcr- Uire que les Nords-americains ne pratiquent aucune activite h .souplesse (flexibilite) ;
slalernent . Uid .vou know that, whereas 78~n of Canadians s Pcnd physique est un euphemisme . Quelque 78~o des Canadiens consa- c . habilite motrice (dexterile et coordinalion) ; et
less than one hour per week in any form of exercise (including crent moins d'une heure par semaine a I'exercice (y compris la d .endurance
walking) 84mo of us spend more than four hours per week marche) ; ~epe nda nt 8401o passent p lus dc 4 hcures p ar semaine L'importance de ces composantes depend de la tache effectuee .
watching television, and 40~o watch murc lhan IS hours per / devant leur televiseur tandis que 40°~o y passent plus de 15 heures Par exemple, dans le cas d'une personne qui deplace quelyue
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week . Uid you alsu knuw that in spite ol' the fact that North i, . ~ par semaine . La condition physique dc nos enf~ants est relati- chose de lourd, la farce est un element essentiel . Dans Ie cas d'un
r1merican children are in relatively poor physical condition, that vernent mediocre et se deteriore brusquement a partir de 22 - danseur ou d'une danseuse c'est la souplesse et 1'habilitc motrice .
eonclition cleleriorates abruptly ahout thc age o1' marriage (22 to 24 ans; - c'est alors quc 1'on pese environ 6 livres de trop et que Cependant, I'endurancc, c'est-a-dire la capacite de resister a la
24 vear~ of age) - overweight increases by 6 powtds as our fitness notre condition physiyue diminue de I 7°l0 . fatigue, est importante dans presyue toul el'1'ort . fl ~'agit sans
level decreases hv 17~70 . 11 ne faudrait pas conclure que les Canadiens se desinteressenl doutc dc la composante la plus importante au point de vue sante
Thiti is not to-say that we as Canadians, are not concerned . ~r
des activites physiques . Tout au contraire, comme en temoignent et bien-etrc . Ainsi, I'endurance, ou la capacite de resister, suscite
Quite the contrary, in facl, if the 1 .~ billion dollars spcnt annually les 1 .5 million de dollars depenses annucllcmcnt a l'achat et a la " uis peu be~aucou p d'interet . Abordons ce su'et
dcp J p lus en details .
on sports-related purchases, rcntals, and memberships is any indi- location d'articles de sport et en frais d'adhesion ~ un cluh On utilise en general quatre termes pour yualificr la compo-
ration . Howcvcr good initial intentiun~ are, thuukh, our sportif. Meme si les prcmieres intentions sont bonnes, I'enthou- sante endurance de la condition physiyue :
enthusiasm secms to flag - only about 2()p'o of the paid members siasme semble s'attcnuer par la suite, car seulement 2(l~o des a . aerobie
in hcalth rlubs use lhe facilities regularly, and even 1'ewer have membrcs ayant acyuitte leur cotisation utilisent regulicrement les b .cardiova~culaire-respiraluire
rceular p ro g rams . And only God alone knows the numher of installations sportives ntises a leur disposition et une propurtion c . cardiorespiraloire ; et
pic~cs of new ~ports equipment gathering dust on closet shelves, encore moindre suit un programme rcgulier . Tous ignorent le cl .cardiopulmonaire .
The yuestion remains - why'? nombre exact d'equipemcnts dc sport rclegues aux ouhliettes et Ces termes yui paraissent complexes s'expliqucnt gencralement
Pctrt of the reason is obvious - it is just too easy nowadavs to be toujours inutilises . Alors potrr ytt oi? d'eux-memes si I'on examine la physiologie ct I'cndurance .
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. . inactive . Therc are too many autumobiles, snow i Une partic de la reponse est evidente . II est vrairnent trop facile L'endurance designc la capacite de 1'organisme de faire 1~ace a
blu~~ers, elevators, escalators, automatic washers and dryers, aujourd'hui dc demeurer inactil' . 11 y a trop d'automobilcs, de un strcss physiquc comrne le travail, les rltaladies et les hlessures
snuwmubilcs, ancl thc like, Moreover, exercise has heen made souffleuse5 a neige, trop d'ascenseurs, trop d'cscalicrs roulants, pcndant une longue periode . Tuus les processus yui intervienncnt
historically unattractt e, hc~ nng ' an d sh~er c hard work . There is Any of these can be very irnportant, depending on the task tmder- trop de laveuses et de secheuses automatiyues, trop de dans 1'organisrne sur une longue periode necessitent dc 1'oxygcnc ;
also a deep - `eated ntt5cc ' ~~ nccpuc
~~ '~ n that ' s port s'are t'or the a thl ete, taken, ror exarnple, far a person concerned with moving heavy motoneiges, etc . En outre, 1'exercice physiyue a ete depouille de c'est p ourc1 uoi un org anisme en bonne forme p h y~si q uc duit loki-
or at least thc strong and healthy young, not the average person, equipment, strength is at a premium . For a dancer, suppleness tout attrait et est devcnu ennuyeux et merne penible . Certains quernent absorber et utiliscr effica~cn 1 cnt I' or,rge
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Athletics are also made svnonvmou . 5. w.rth com P etition . For the and motor skill would he exceedingly importam . tlowever, estiment fermement, et ceci est completement erronc, yue Ies terme aerobie (d ongine grecyue : aero _ air, bios - vie ; c . - a-d .
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avera g e student athlctics are g~ 1~v en a, v ~r , Y Ic~w p r i c~rl t v. rn orrr stamina, or the ability lo last, is important in just about any sports sont reservcs aux athletes ou, du moins, aux jcuncs qui sont q uc 1'air est essentiel a la vie), En outre les deux plus importants
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schools . And finallv, . thcre r~~. 1' u s t nc~ l e n orr g h incentive for p h y'- endca c ur, and rs, rthout quc . tron, the most important from the forts et en sante et qu'ils ne conviennent nullcment a la personne sytitemcs assuranl I'c~xygenation des tissus sont :
sical acttv'rty, in lar~
~ ~.e part beca ~ us~c we do nctt reallv, a pp reciatc the heallh and well-being slandpoint . Thus, stamina, or cndurancc moyenne . I .'athletisrne est egalement devcnu synonyme de 1)Ic sysleme cardinvasculaire Icoeur et vaisseaux
bcnclit~ of h on hcalth, and more importantly, on the yuality of fitness has attracted a lot of auention of' late . Let'~ discuss it in com p etitiorl . Nos ecoles n'accordent y u'une faible priorite a la sanl ;uinsl et
our li~es . lndeed studies done on people who do not start, or quit, more detail . culture physique pour les etudiants moyens . La motiva(ion est 2)le s,rsteme respiratoire uu pulmunaire Ipoumons cl
a recular physical activity program havc shown that lack of Four terms are in general use to descrihe the endurance insuffisante a cet egard, en partie parce que nous n'apprccions muscles respiratoires),
knowled g e of, and ex Pcricnce with, regular activity are two of the category of fitncss : pas les avantages ~ur la sante et plus particulicremenl sur la d'ou cardiorespiratoire et cardiopulmonaire .
main reasons given . a . aerobic yualite de la vie . En effet, les personnes interrogccs sur les rnotifs Cependant, le processus ne ~'arrete pas la . L'oxygcnation dc5
With this in mind , what thr~~ .crlc S' ''1 . c1 1~ altr~le
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r d IS'~u SS. b . cardiuvauular-respiralor~ pour lesquels elles ne s'etaient pas inscrits a rm programme d'acti- tissus et I'utilisatinn de I'oxygene eomportent Irois autres ctapc~
phy5ical activity and 1'itnes .~ from a potitive perspective in an c . cardiorespiratnry ; and vite physique ou qtri s'y etaicnt ins~rile~ et avaient ensuite aban- toutes aussr rmportantes :
atlernpt to illuminate some of lhc gloom whirh tiurrotmd .~ it, d . cardiopulmctnary donnc ont rc pondu q ue le~ deux p rinci I ~ales raisons etaient lc 3) la capacite de transporl de I'oxykene par le sank,
What i~ Physical Fitncs~? These fancy terms are really self-explanatory if we consider the manque d'information et I'experience insuffisantc . particulierement le nombre de Iran~porleurs d'rr~y-
Everyone knows what physiral activity is . But what is physieal p hysiology of endurance fitness . Compte tenu de ces ohservations, cctte scrie d'articles exa- kene (klobulei rnuKes) et Icur leneur en hemo-
fitnes, . Lct , ~ start bv dcfining this kcy tcrm . Ph,r~sical fitness is Endurancc is thc abilit y~ of thc bodv. to rcs P ond ta Pyh ~sical minera ohjectivement le conditionnement physiyue et tentera de glnhinc (substance directemenl respnnsahle du
your body's abilily lo cope with, or respund to, demands made stress such as work, illncss and injury over a long period of tirne . le~'er un peu le voile sur cc su~el . transport de I'oxyuene) ;
upon it - the more phy~ically I'it the hndy, the better it is able to Since all p rocesses in lhe bodv. that take p lace over a longl~eriod Qu'e~l-ce que la condition physique? 4) I'efficacite du processus d'oxykenalion des lissus
cope. Not only can !he I'il hody cope with its regular task .~ with of time reyuire oxygen, it fc~llows logicalty that the tit body must Nous savons tous ee qu'csl I'activite physiyue . Mais qu'est-ce par le sank ; et , .
efhcrency and easc, but also has a larger reserve to meet the be capable oi' efficient uptake and utilization of oxygen . f hus the 5)I'efficacite d'utili~alion de I'n~ykene au nrveau
q uc la condition p hvsi
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unexpected without overta~ing itself . !n other words, fitness is a use of the term aerobic (Greek : aero - air, bios - life ; i .e . thc need
condition physiyue designe la capacile yue possede ncrlre urKa- ccllulaire .
stale where a person can function optimally under an,r circum- of air for life). Continuing on, two of thc most important system .~
nisme de faire face et de satisfaire au~ dcmandes qui lui sonl Ces cinq elapes forment tme ~haine qui, prise glubalernenl,
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stancez . (Although physlcal and menlal fitness are closely inth~c body t n o I ed m .u pp Ir
y ng t h ~" lis sue
. 5 th
t oxyge
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a e: faites ; cette capacite est directement proportionnelle a la determine I'endurance et, comme tuulc ~haine, la resistance
connected, I will stick to physical litne~s here .) 1) the cardiovascular (heart and blond xetiselsl and cnndition physique de I'organisme . Ainsi, en plus d'effectuer totale, c .-a-d . I'endurance, esl egale a la resistance du maillon le
Ph~sical
. fitness has four interrelated com P onenls - the four tl Ihe respiratory or pulmonary (the lunts and muscles ot' respi- facilement et efficacement Ies taches qui lui sont demandces rcgu- plus faible . Ainsi, si une personne est faible au nireau d'un sys-
5'S :' ralion) . . licremcnt, 1'organisme disposc de reservcs plu~ importantes lui tcmc donne Ifaiblcssc hereditairc ou acquisc), sa condition
a. 5trength lmuscle poHer) ; - thus the lerrtts cardi clvascular-res prrat cxy>
~ ~a
~ r d i orcsptratory and permeltant de faire face a I'irnprevu sans s'epuiser . Ert d'autres physiyue (putentielle ou rcelle) en sera affectee en cctnscquence .
b, tiuppleness (flexibilil~) ; cardiopulmonary . terrttes, la condition phvsique designe I'etat dans layuelle une Vu que chayue "maillon" est en fait une ~erie comple~e de reac-
c. Molor skill (dexleril,r and co-nrdination); and Howevcr,,thc process does,not stop here . There are three other personne peut fonctionner de 1'a~on optimale en toutes circons- tions, irnaginez le nomhre de trouhles possibles que I'eneemhle de
d. Stamma malor step5 rnvolved in Ihe ef fierency of oxygcn delrvery and utili- tances . (La condition physiquc et la condition mentalc sont deux ces processus peut presenter . ~aant donn~ le nombre ~i eleve dc
thruuf,.h a tubc in thrir muuth . The rnu`t accuratc mcthod ctt frottemcnt monte ~ur I~t, rcuc , , .~.a .ant ct p crmettant dt, rc~ ;,1,
. cr I' cfle
. ~+r t I .'cndurance
gor~ 01' litness the runner Ialls into . In a ~imilar fa~hion, the
~tiorkink a pcr,on i, to u~e the tre ;idntill, thc ~amc machine used :., rnrle tvalk and thc 750 )'ard s~im were detelaped . Thcsc threc nt~~~
~ ^: s atr~~ pc~ ttr c rtita ~' in c'r 1 ~' pc~cl ;tli t'r, EIl t" c:om p rencl aus~i un ele~-
,. ~' c + ll_, ,'dCC!
' IIlaInlCnalll C'u mm'n
C t ntt'1 UICr
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fur e~;erci .,e,tre~s tc~tine for heart cli,ca,e . Thc dra~th ;tik~ uf thi~ tctits, arc tht,+,
c nt~ utilircd bv. thc Canatlian Forcc .,, to a .ti~c~i thc tro~~{ ° r cht'+ g r,i~ p 1t'~ . L~ t t 1. et It ttrnt~ t t I n e I . 1.l' c r t 1' t tcuacccuc
1 I I cn
l ,,11c+ r5, ~c mmcnt I'amclit rt r . 1 c~ r~. t hme ~ardia q ut (p oul~ I cst la
I~~,c1 tt e ~ c t I e-,:_~ a. I ~:1 ,1 5,n ;n d~° ~ c~ n r~ . ~ t Itm~° nta' xinral . ( ()n ,
r `. l hm~c c. a. rttl ~ I contrcile dc~ re,ultal, q uc, dc+ nncra un p rt
+ . .. + 1 . , .~ .
fnnu ofl,,a~se5sntent , are
1 that Ihe ma~hinrn ro`t, about ~10,(100, t,tt~ c t f ttne C, . They ~~ere chc ~ 1, tn
~ fc r their ca~e t 1,tdmtnl tralion, donntt~~ c',s tntrtl
~ ~' I c~ at
thc prc ~c» take, al .out one hour to c<~mplete . and reduire~ Ihe fact Ihat the) ran hc u,etl fc~r lar~e eroup~, no speei ;rl,kill, are dt s~ utcra ~ du nthmc . cardia ue ma s'tmal t1a n la p n~ h atn :,
y ~rammc dc condtuc . . + nn~ment
, ~ . . ( 'h~~tct~ In p r t~,ente un
apprcprtc
several highl~ trained staff, including a ph)~~ician . Ilutte~er, elata reqturetl ~it perforn ; them, and lhe~ ;lre lairl~ a~curate . , c~tr c rt 1 . () n cut al
1' ' or m'st
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collcctcd u51nL. ~uch Sophi~ticatcd cquipmcnl hatc' ~hot~n that thc Achictin~ Entlurance Filncss currelation cardia q uc y u i ~~t. cc P .i ~ r'c c. t l~c n. l hm'
~ r~amct t. ,
avec ~a condition ph~~iyuc . Pc ur ,tmcht rcr 1 cndurancc qu a
hcart ratc, Il~ ul ~,c r,atcl + ~ c. lc+ cscr~t .~`,t , t . + + . + p r t ~ L t, ( Tlt c'r tt
, rc,, pcn , ,
at ,tnc u, ~~c rhlcati ~ Nu« that ~ou knu~t hott tu rnca~urc t'otlr Ictcl of cnduranrc (-,ttt~, t t,,~hl t t q tt r ' ~'`.t rt' 1 at
' t~\ c' m c' rtt 1 ' S'I t 11 c,,~
( ll s-°~' t
C llnt' un ni~eau nonnal, il faut mainlerur le "r~thme cardiaque en ~uurs
corrrlatc, ttell ~tith 1()_ ,~,,,~ . ~Thi, ~nrrrlatiun ha, cnahli'd the fitnc~~, lct', tii,cus, hut+ tou can impro~c it, Hcart rate lpultic la ~c ,~1 nt111u ' . + n P h~. ~,~t q t I c" rcc° " II't ) . L) t" p lt r~ , t~Ile n cc ~ ~~~silc, 1 cau~r u I ~ ' 1lrlln7~"'o d rr
d'cntraincmcnl" ~i tn ., I
I~IhnlClardIatUCIllaXlmal
dc~clc~ Imtenl uf ,e~eral nut~h + ,im , I~I t~r Ic'~ l ,. Th'~n~ ,trr
~ nt ;ut~. r ;uel i, thc ke~ to rnnnitorinE adeduate trainin~, Fur e~en intli- rnutn, d'appareil, et de technicien, que le tal t~ rc ulant. ct durant le', ~ean~es de ~onditiunnentent .
tarieties o1 ~uch tt~t , htu thc ~c c+i hanirular intere~t ~~ill be ~ c > rn f> c t rtt~ dc'~ n~, q u~~, mct'mdtc.,s ~~"t r I .~t Ii,t r, c.~ n nc, tc~~ t r rn i t u n c, li.+t rt. Nc~u~ avon~ nu au Ii c ~'tnt unt~ fc ' ~ rmul~' s mtplc pc'nn t~t tant dc
~idual thcrc i~ a maxinlum hcart ratc ~~hieh ~aric, «ith agr, and
di,~u,~cd herc . - 75U'u dl° ~on ltl ~ ort nt a .\Ir11Unl . Ccpcndant , 1'c prcuve durc dr
doc~ rtnr change with the statc nf hIt)~ical fitness . To ar}tievc C~al ct . dCl~rmlncr tn dCll\ llpcratlon, 1C "r\ihnlt ~ ;tr(ll ;tqUt t'n ~lllll',
I-he Bic)cle 1':r~ometer cndurance fitna~ thc "trainine heart ratc" roughl) 7S°'n c~1 the 20 a 311 minutes ct nc perlnrt d'~~ ;tluer qu'une seule per`onne a la d'enuaincmcnt" :
1l ;tn~ litne,~ in~titution, use the hi~~cle ~rznmcter ,, . Thi ., loi~ . Ncanmuins r'etit cettr tcchnitI ur tI ui c,t la ftlu~ frctI uem- 11220 I'iike (en annce~l - "r~ Ihme c:rrtliuque
"ma>;inntm hcart ratc" ~hould hc ntaintainetl durine traininc ,.
; , 1,u dr~ etahli,~entcnts s~icnuliquc, et autre5 .
1 rc ct` u~c ~t tauc n,tr~ l+ t~`~Ir . . t+~ith variablt rc_ r,tancc on thc period, . An e ;t,~, . I~+c1-p ;trl forntula ha~ hec'n de~clo p cd tu detcr-
mrnt utili,cc m'a ~im'tl"
, 1 tour I'a k,c'
front :+Iteel to intl+c~,c a ctc+rk .load, and monitors thr hcart rate on minc thc,u-callcd "tr,tininc hcart r,ttc" : I':prcu~e-mai~on ~)"nthmc cardiaquc ma~imal" ~ 11 .75 = "r~lhmc
, , ,i , , +~ ` .+ , + ;, t .- ._ .
an electrtuarcliu~ram cchile the i:~erri,er 14urk~ al ?~°'o ul hi~ Il 2211- at ;e (in ~earsl - "ma>,imum hcrrt rate fcrr Une autrc cl r~u t ~ mt rn cc mple~c a ett'' c°I ,t hc_ r cc I ,rr tiant c~ cl cardiayuc en ccrur d t'nlr'ar-n t'mcnl 1 allt n t nl
nta~imum hearl rate . I~la~imum h~art tate ~~ill he Ji,cu"ed in thr :rke : Bicn-ctre Canada, t'n repon~e aulc rerommand;ttion~ de la ('onfc- minutcl,
nczt tiection) . U~inE t ;rhlc~ dc~eluped irom thc correlation ~1 "ti1a~imum heart r,rlc" ~ 7~°a --- "truininh hcart '1 n~rlc
ren~e n,tUc . ~, ur la. ~c.~ ndtue'1 n l~ hy s ique el la' ~'rt~
a t c q uiaculicu l nc tcllc nt~,urc ~,t a ~ i rc+ >,rmali~c rt nc d~'~ r,tit ,'r~
~ II ~ tr q u t~
dc
bct~~ecn hcarl rate anti V0, , , thc latter can be delerminetl . ralc" l I lcal~ pcr minulc) en 19? . . . ( clle-ci ~e I'c+ndc, c~ ;,, ,
.akntent sur Ic r)~thmc c :ardiaquc ;j guidc . Lc1 ut~lc t , un nthntc dr nu1'tn ~ d~' I (1()
' )', - 1'1
C lr ' a C' cn
, .+ , .
+ y . + ,, - ,
Thi, tcrhniqur i, rrlati~cl~ arcuratc (althou~.h tt undcrc,timate, Su~h a dctrrntinauun i, an appn+~imaticm and ,huuld bc u,cd a, a I'cffort I i c ur ccaluer la~ ~c~ t ndtuc n p hti. ,~ t q u~" . I 1 ` ,i .ett c 1c mc nt t,r c,I annccs) n ' c" , t ~ucre ul il ~ I , nur ~c mcttre cn honnt ~c ndllic
.+ n
1 . .. ,
th~ ,ttc _t Ituu~C\ ) rc'qulrc', c 'll n , tdcrahh k~s cyuipmettt and ~uide . Hc1:~e>,cr, a pul,e Ic,~ than I(i(1 - `ottr age in tear', i, of tlc dc ccncltc dcu~ mar~ht ( .,~(I cnt ~ ctI " }rattttr)
t ' r ,i u ,on d'unc ph,1 ,'tque . I ,t' I l t nL. i t t ~, llr lln lhftltln d ' 11'crrl' t1 l I rt r I 1 tu
1 r ,t
' t ( t'I 11clr'C lInC
1t u att~nd , .
.tnt , than
, thr trcadmill, ancl i', It~ n', h~
- ,t~-, thr c~cr- little henclit in achiecln~, Iltnes,, and, Ihe clo~cr yctu are ti+ yuur musiquc nthmce dunt Ic tempo,'aL~ :ruit en ~ept etahe, puur Ic, honne ~onclitiun ph~siquc dcpcnd dircctcment dc la tli,tan~e, cn
. t I . ()n I > t> ut atn t c aluer la ~ondi battcm~nt ntntute, yut ~ uu r s tp~t ~ ~ r c" c 1 c" I~.I ~ ,~rlcur p re~ uc de ti otrc
ciser i, onl) tcc+rking ;tt i5 o nf marimttru . Hc~ttctcr, it due, taLr trainint heart rate, the fa~ter ~~ill he the ruad to fitne~t . -~hu,, for hc + mntc~, tt' ,'tt pc~ ur It,, Itt
-' nm'.~
(I ~0 minutc<, anti onl~~ onc per,t+n ~an hc donc at a timc . a'(I-rcar-uld, ihe maximum heart rate ~+ould bc 2'0 20 = 2()0 liun p h~,ic
. 1 ue ,elon I'eta f ~e it lae I ucllc I ;t 1~cr,onne att~int tian . . rdi,t' q t t c"n
r~ t I t mc~ ta c ~~ t + ttr~ t I'entrainement . I'ar e~cm,le 1 , p c+ur
, : , .
t ~,trthclt
, , , tt
' remain
~' , thr
~ mc 1~ t I ~+c pular tcchrtique u~cd l ~ be ;tt, per minute ; thc traininz hcart rat~, ~0(1 ~ 1S~o = I ~U
-
hcat, n thme rardiaque ma~imal, comptc tenu de I'age et du sc~e . Cettc UnC P ll,(
. ~
'~ 1 MC dr_ct .
tlt ..0 , In, , Ic rllhltlt Cardla q UC Itlct\ ' it t t d' I s cra
" ~ it
; -,~t~nufiyuerttcnt et ~'cst a~crce sitre et fiahlt' dc,,
..011-_(l,rnl . :INIhattement~ ntinute . Don~, sun r~thntccn ioun
,~icnlifii and othrr in,tituuun . f)er tttinUle . epreu~'e a ete e~aluct
,
('anadian Ilonu " E'ilne~~ Te~l Nc+~t that tou ha>,~' Ihr I~e~, hrnc tltl ~uu c~l+cn thc luck'' It', a a ict egard . On a rt~cmmcnt prcpare un iuide hc~rntettanl d'e~a- d'entrainetnent tlc tai ctre de _I I u ~ 1 1 . 7~- , ~ t+~tt 1-C I ) n,rttt
, . 'ltt ~~ nf ~ ;
1nc+ther Ie ,~~phi,u~;{Ic" d titne,~ re~t sc;t~dr~elohed b~' He;tlth tuc~-,t ;t~t affair : lucr la >' alcur de ,un ~~'Q,,,,,,~ (atat de ~a ettndition ;terohiel d',tpres nllnUll'. .
, c ull I'r
~inll `1,~lf~trc
' Canada in r~,l. i~
c n,~, tc ~h~ rccummcndation~ uf the 11 l uur "Irainin k~ he :rrt ralc" ~hould be maintaincd Ic~ re~ult,u, .obtenu, . Cenaine, objections cmt eti ~oule~ccs quant 1 c u , a >, cr
, la' clci en main . (,) t r t' ta ir ~~ )t c t ur d~ crr c I'a
Canadian National Conlercncc on } itn~ and Hralth in 197? . for at It"asl INCnt~ minule~ per exerci~e ~e~sion, and ;i la trahrltte Je, resultat, c1 btcnuz
' et dc'ti'"'
ur~ur , que rttiqucnt dc lc
llr tc''. I 1 lat
' ll 11rU"1'r
ctct cn llcll\ Clah, : )
Thi, test i` alw ba~cd on thc excrci,c hul~e rate ;t, x predi~ior of ?I Iltc ~c~tiiun~ ~hcrulrl hc c~cn nlhcr da~, al a faire dc~ per~onnea qui prcnn~nt Icur pruprc paul~, mai~ elle, ne ll 1ta' int'nir
t ~otr't r~thmc
, cardiaquc a lu ~alcur dc
ph),ieal fitne . Thr c~crci,c c~m~i~ts ul ,tcppin~ uh and Jmtn minimum . ticnnent pa, dc~ant la facilitc tJr I'eprcu~e et la dispunihilite ~cltrc "rtthmc en ruurti d'enlratnemenl pendanl
, , immediatt~ c 1 t t nt,itcriel
~ . L c la
~~ i I q ue n'irt t I ~ctrte q- ui peut ~t ~ou- au mo'rn , ti'rnkl mi nutt'~ pa' r ~'~,
ta n'c
t t1'c~crcicc~~, cl
t~+c~ ,tep, I~U ~m hi ;~hl tc~ mu,i~, thc° tentpu in~rea~ing in u~en lltu, ~~e ha~c ,t thrc~ letter mnemoni~ tor entluran~e fitne5s
rr~nr'~l n~r E~c1,~c~ 1X ,irire ci !u ~~u,~~' 19
!11~ . N . Hati`;F :tikLO~'F:H 11h . V4', ~_f1 .a~RP M . R . IIASti1~:VkL01'F~R ti1 . 11' . tiH :11tP
While performing an independent check of the flying controls after an aft section change Au cours de la verification des commandes de vol d'un Tutor 114 consecutive au
on a Tutor, Mr . R . Hassenklover and Mr . W . Sharp detected a sound which seemed out ot remplacement par un entrepreneur de la section arriere de I'appareil, messieurs Hassenk-
place . Further investigation revealed that the right speed brake was attached to the actuator lover et Sharp ont entendu un bruit suspect . Une inspection poussee leur fit decouvrir que
by only two of the normal twelve bolts. The noise had been caused by the missing parts deux vis sur douze seulement retenaient I'aerofrein droit a son actionneur . Le bruit etait
moving around inside the speed brake . provoque par les vis libres qui se deplaqaient a I'interieur de I'aerofrein .
An inspection of this area would not normally have been required as thecontractor had not L'entrepreneur n'ayant pas touche a la partie ou se trouve I'aerofrein, I'inspection de cette
worked in the area, the log books indicated no work having been done in the area prior to derniere ne s'imposait pas, d'autant plus que le cahier d'entretien ne faisait mention d'aucun
arrival, and the speed brake had not been tagged as being unserviceable . It is also unlikely travail effectue dans cette zone avant I'arrivee de I'appareil et que I'aerofrein n'avait pas ete
that the visual inspection of the area prior to flight would have revealed the problem because identifie comme etant hors service . Soulignons que la verification visuelle de cette partie
most of the bolt holes are hidden from all but the most detailed examination . Had this fault not avant un vol n'aurait probablement pas permis de deceler le probleme puisque la plupart de
been detected, the right speed brake would have failed in flight causing an assymetrical ces vis ne se decouvrent que par un examen attentif . Si la defectuosite etait passee
configuration situation which could not have been solved by speed brake retraction . inaperGue, I'aerofrein droit serait sorti en vol et aurait provoque un freinage asymetrique qui
Mr . Hassenklover's and Mr . Sharp's actions are considered worthy of recognition because n'aurait pas pu etre corrige par la rentree de I'aerofrein .
of initiative and diligence they displayed in investigating a nebulous sound, thereby Felicitations donc a messieurs Hassenklover et Sharp : I'initiative et la diligence dont ils ont
discovering a hazardous situation . fait preuve en recherchant I'origine d'un bruit suspect ont sans doute permis de prevenir une
situation dangereuse .
11r . 11 . Sharp 11r, R . HaSSCnklo~°cr
On 8 March 1979, CFB Moose Jaw Air Traffic Control received notification from Regina Le 8 mars 1979, I'ATC de la BFC de Moose Jaw recevail un message du controle
Terminal, that a PA28 Warrior aircraft was lost and encountering bad weather . The air- terminal de Regina, indiquant qu'un pilote de PA28 Warrior s'etait egare dans le mauvais
craft was on a UFR flight plan from Calgary to Regina with four persons on board . Regina temps . L'appareil, en VFR de Calgary a Regina avec plan de vol, avait 4 personnes a bord,
Terminal was in radio contact with the pilot but was unable to establish his position on Le terminal de Regina etait en contaci radio avec le pilote mais n'etalt pas en mesure
radar or otherwise . The pilot estimated his position to be approximately 10 to 20 rniles d'etablir sa posilion ni par radar ni par un aulre moyen . Le pilote, quanl a lui, esfimait sa
northwest of Moose Jaw . position a environ 10 ou 20 milles au nord ouest de Moose Jaw .
Capfain 0'Toole was ihe Air Traffic Controller on duty at CFB Moose Jaw when the call Le capitaine 0'Toole etait controleur de service a la base de Moose Jaw lorsque le mes~
was received . Soon after establishing radar contact with the aircraft, Captain 0'Toole sage a ete transmis . Peu apres avoir etabli le contact radar avec I'appareil, le capitaine
determined that the pilot was lost, disorientated and encountering poor visibility while 0'Toole s'est rendu compte que le pilote efait perdu et desoriente par !a mauvaise visibi-
flying at 200 feet AGL attempting to maintain VFR . Surveillance radar was unserviceable, lite, alors qu'il tentait de maintenir les conditions VFR en volant a 20U pieds-sol . Le radar
weather was 600 overcast, visibility seven miles and deteriorating . Captain 0'Toole de surveillance etait hors service, le ciel etait couvert a 600 pieds et la visibilile . reduite a
quickly assessed the situation and by use of the VHF DF gave the pilof a heading to 7 milles, continuait de diminuer . Le controleur a rapidement analyse la situaiion et a
sieer . He reassured the pilot and attempted to have him climb slightly and still maintain I'aide du radiogoniometre (VDF) il a donne au pilote des caps de rapprochement . II I'a ras-
VFR . Due lo ihe deteriorating weather conditions, the pilot lost sight of the ground on sure el lui a fait prendre un peu d'altitude tout en le maintenant en VFR . A cause des con-
several occasions ; however, by passing continual correciing steers, Captain 0'Toole dilions meteorologiques qui se degradaient, le pilofe a plusieurs fois perdu la reference
brought the pilot to a point where he identified the runway lights and execuied a safe sol . Cependant, en lui fournissant continuellement des caps de rapprochement . le capi-
landing . Subsequently it was discovered that the aircraft had experienced icing and had taine 0'Toole a pu le guider jusqu'a ce qU lI voit les feux de piste et qu~il puisse atternr en
toute securiie . On s'esi aperqu, par la suite, que I'avion avait rencontre du glvrage et avait
On 29 Dec 79 Corporal Shaw, while working as member of the servicing crew, observed an Le 29 decembre 1979 le caporal Shaw, membre de I'equipe d'entretien courant . obser-
inconsistancy in tire inflation on a Boeing 707 as it was about to bestartedfordepartureon a vait une anomalie dans le 9 onfla 9 e d'un des P neus d'un Boeing 707, juste avant la mise
service flight . He immediately brought this to the attention of the ground man assisting the en route pour un vol regulier . II a tout de suite averti le mecanicien de piste responsable
start . The flight crew was informed and the engine start was discontinued . The tire in du demarrage . L'equipage a ete informe et la mise en route interrompue . Le pneu n'avait
Y
question was found to have 50 PSI pressure vice the required 190 PSI . The tire was changed que 50 Ib% poZ de pression, alors qu'il en fallait 190 . II a ete change et le vol a pu avoir lieu .
and the flight proceeded . This was the second time in a few months that Corporal Shaw has C'etait la deuxieme fois en quelque mois que le caporal Shaw permettait d'eviter un
possibly prevented an incident or accident with the Boeing 707 scheduled flight . In the incident ou meme un accident sur Boeing 707 lors d'un vol regulier . La premiere fois,
previous incident, under similar circumstances, he discovered a tire that was nearly deflated 1 dans les memes circonstances, il a decouvert qu'un pneu creve etait pratiquement a plat .
because of a tire puncture . As an Instrument Electrical Technician it is not part of his dutyto A titre d'electrotechnicien d'instruments sa tache ne comprend pas la verification des
check tires or airframe components on a turn around, therefore he must be commended for pneus ni d'aucune partie de la cellule lors d'une visite avant vol, aussi, nous tenons a le
his exceptional alertness and performance as a servicing crewman . In recognition of his feliciler pour sa vigilence et son efficacite en tant que membre de I'equipe d'entretien .
superior input to flight safety accident prevention Corporal Shaw is presented with this Good Sa participation exceptionnelle a la securite des vols merite une bonne place dans notrE~
Show Award . rubrique .
Corporal P~terson, after repairlng a hydraulic leak on a CF-104 Ram Air Turbine (RAT), Le Caporal Peterson, apres avoir repare la fuite d'un circuit hydraulique de la turbine a
decided io inspect ihe deployment cable and found it frayed to the point where an air dynarnlque jRAT) d'un CF-104, a decide de verifier le cable de commande d'ouverture . II
aftempted deployment of the RAT would likely have failed . a decouverl qu'il elait use a un lel point que la soriie de la turbine elait pratiquement
A RAT failure, in the case of electrlcal or hydraulic problems, could have serious impossible .
consequenr,es and mighi result in the loss of an aircraft . Une panne de turbine, causde par un problPme electrique ou hydraulique peut avoir de
The cable portion found frayed was in a congesled area ihree compartments distant serieuses consequences ei peut merne entrainer la perle de I'aeronef .
from tfie RAT . Inspection of this cable is not part of the job of repairing a hydraulic snag . La portion usee du cable elait situee dans un endroil d'acces difficile ei separe de la lur-
Corporal Peterson is commended for his initiative and thoroughness in doing far more bine par trois corT~partiments . La verificalion de ce cable n'a rien ~ voir avec la reparation
lhan required in fhe performance of his duties . d'un circuil hydraulique .
Le Caporal Peferson merlte d'elre cite pour son initiative et sa minutie dans I'ex~cution
de taches depassant de I,nin le cYdre de sa spgr-.ialite,
While towing a CF101 into the hangar for snag recovery, Corporal Skinner, the tow Alors qu'il remorquait un CF101 vers le hangar pour une reparation, le Caporal Skinner
driver, heard a rattling noise coming from the starboard wing tip as the aircrafl rolled over qui conduisait le tracteur a entendu un bruit venant de I'extremite de I'aile droite au
the hangar door tracks . moment ou I'avion passait sur les rails de la porte .
After the aircraft was parked in the hangar, Corporal Skinner investigated the sus- Une fois I'avion stationne dans le hangar, le Caporal Skinner a verifie la partie en ques-
pected problem area . As he pursued his investigation, he detected something loose in- tion . II a flni par decouvrir qu'une piece s'etait detachee a I'interieur de I'aile . Cependant, il
side the wing, however it was impossible for him to confirm this finding as the object was lui etait impossible d'en savoir davantage car celle-ci etait situee dans un endroit inacces-
located in an inaccessible area of the wing . sible .
Corporal Skinner brought these facts to ihe attention of his supervisors . It was Le Caporal Skinner a rendu compte de ce fait a ses superieurs . II fut decide de passer
decided to X~ray the wing . The results showed that the loose object was a hose approxi- I'aile aux rayons-X . On a alors decouvert que I'objet en question etait un tuyau d'environ
mately 25 inches long . A special lool was manufactured by maintenance personnel and vingt-cinq pouces de long . A I'aide d'un outil special fabrique par le personnel d'entretien
after two hours of tedious work the hose was extracted from the wing . et apres deux heures de travail penible, le tuyau a finalement ete recupere .
Corporal Skinner's reaction io an obscure rattle and his subsequenf perseverence in Les mesures prises par le Caporal Skinner et sa perseverance dans la recherche du pro-
pursuit of the problem were indicative of an outstanding act of professionalism which bleme sont la preuve d'un professionnalisme rare qui, cette fois, a permis d'eviter un vol
eliminated a flight safety hazard . presentani de serieux dan 9 ers .
~~~" ~, ii .c ;! . cc~~ltitii~:ct c~E~i . ~ .c' . c,n~~rfiiN:k cNi ~t .c, . cclkMit~ :H cNf ~ .c . i,~~~rEilr :k
While Corporal Cormier and Corporal Lanthier were on duty as Fire/Rescue crew at a Pendant leur tour de service en tant qu'equipe de secours - incendie sur I'aire de point
run-up pad, they saw a CF101 run over a taxiway light lens . They imrnediately realized that fixe, le Caporal Cormier et le Caporal Lanthier ont vu un CF101 passer sur le ylobe d'un feu
the aircrew were unaware of this because the aircraft continued to taxi for take-off . de piste . Ils ont immediatemenf compris que I'equipage de I'avion ne I'avait pas remarque
Corporal Cormier and Corporal Lanthier took positive steps lo have the aircrafl slopped car ce dernier continuait a rouler vers la piste pour s'aligner . Le Caporal Cormier et le
for furlher inspection . Caporal Lanthier ont pris immediatement les mesures necessaires pour que le decollage
soit interrompu et I'avion verifie .
Investigation revealed several deep cuts in the right main landing-gear tire, one of which Une visite a permis de decouvrir plusieurs entailles profondes dans le pneu du train
was deep and long enough lo cause catastrophic failure on landing . principal droit, dont I'une etait suffisamment importante pour causer un eclatement a
Corporal Cormier and Corporal Lanthier are commended for lheir exceptional and I'atterrissage .
limely diligence which averted what coulci have been a serious aircraft occurrence . La reaction excepfionnelle el appropriee du Caporal Cormier et du Caporat Lanthier
merite d~etre citee car elle a permis d'eviter, pour le moins, un grave incident .
Corporal Barnes was assigned to perform a ground run on a Hercules following an Le caporal Barnes devait effecluer un essai au point fixe a bord d'un Hercules auquel
en 9 ine com P onent re P lacement . Prior to fhe run, he conducted a walk-around, inspecting on avait remplace une piece de mofeur . Avant I'essai, il a procede a la verification exte-
not only his own areas of responsibility, but others as well . In doing so, while checking rieure, examinant non seulement le moteur mals les autres parties de I'appareil, le nez
the nosewheel area, using a flashlight because it was night, he discovered a crack in the notamment . S'aidant d'une lampe de poche car c'etait la nuit, il a decele une crique sur le
u Pp er nosewheel sfeerin 9 su PP ort column . He re P orted the crack and corrective action pilier d'orientation de la roue avant et I'a signalee a I'atelier de reparations .
was taken . Le support du pilier est place dans la partie superieure de la soute du train . Normale-
The supporl bracket is mounted in 1he upper-most portion of the wheel-well, hidden ment dissimule . il est difficile a reperer, rneme lorsqu'on sait ou il se trouve . Si le caporal
from immediale view, and was such that . even when pinpointed later, was hard to detect . Barnes n'avait pas remarque la crique a temps, le support aurait pu se casser, entrainant
Had ihe crack gone undetected, complete loss of nosewheel steering would have la perte de la commande de dlrection de la roue avant et causant peut-elre meme d'autres
ullimately resulted if the bracket failed . Aircraft damage could have resulted . degats a I'appareil .
Corporal Barnes' discavery was a direct result of his own initiative and lhoroughness Le caporal Barnes a decouvert une defectuosite, non par hasard mais par conscience
in performing more than just a routine walk-around, especially considering the night- professionnelle, en faisant plus que ce que I'on altendait de lui . Son initiative et son
lime conditions . He is commended for his outstandin 9 performance in the interests of souci du defail lui font honneur et contribuent a la securite des vols .
Flighf Safety .
On 27 Mar 79 Corporal Covyeow was carrying ouf a Number 2 Supplementary Check on Le 27 mars 1979, le caporal Covyeow effectuait une verification addifionnelle n`' 2 sur un
a visitin 9 Twin Hue Y VIP helicopler . helicoptere Twin Huey de transport de, personnalites qui etaienf de passage .
Althouyh worklng overlime to complete the check, he decided thai the tail boom area II faisait dela du temps supplementaire pour lerminer la verification mais il a decide tout
required washing, even though cleaning and skin inspection are not called for in the de m~me de nettoyer la poulre de queue, quoique ni le netloyage ni I'inspection du revete-
check . ment ne soienl prevus dans la verification .
While washing the area Corporal Covyeow discovered a hairline crack in the tail boom En neltoyanl la queue, le caporal Covyeow a decouvert une crique sur la poutre de
just below the vertical fin . He decided a more detailed investigation was necessary to queue, juste au-dessous de la derive verticale . II a donc procede a une verification plus
determine the extent oi the damage . Upon removal of the 42 degree gearbox cover he poussee en vue de determiner I'importance des deyats . Apres avoir enleve le couvercle de
found a cracked forward spar in the vertical fin and informed his supervisor . Further la boiie de lransmission a 42 degres, il s'esl aperqu qu'un longeron de la derive verticale
investigation revealed that the needed repairs were beyond unit workshop capability . etait fele et en a informe son superieur . Une inspection plus approfondie a revele que les
Corporal Covyeow displayed outstanding initiative and a professional attitude not only reparations qui s'imposaient ne pouvaient etre etfc~ctuees a I'unite .
in performing more than what was required on an inspection but also in thoroughly Le caporal Covyeow a fait preuve d'une initiative et d'un professionnalisme marques .
following up the problem . His aciions eliminated the risk of a serious aircraft incident . non seulement en depassant les exigences de Iinspection, mais egalemeni en prenant
les mesures n~cessaires pour eliminer les risques d'un grave accideni .
.
cette retle~ion traltit une attitudc rncntalc yui sous-entend yu'il
La saison de +'ol a s~oile 1979 dc la ligue des Cadets de 1'Air, est est irnpossible d'e~iter un nombre d'arcidcnts tre~ faiblr et yu'il
maintenant chosc du passc . Nous n'attendons pltn yue les ~on~lu- >> inutile d'e+,a, cr . .1 1ar
est rncm~ '' s , I ct rs yt 1 ' l) n ~n" a~ rn'+ e ~t I a p r~ten-
The
. 1979 .Air Cadet League gliding proeram is now history and the e~tremel~ srnall number of aceidents w hich did occur cannot
, + ,,t` . , .+ ,r . t
a>,valt~ l nly the statistieal summarics t~ pcrntit a final asse,sment attitudc, 1 ,
he pre+enttd, +h~ try . ~ hat thcn t a realistic in tc take si l~ns s ta tis t i q ucs p our ~ oir q ucllc aura etc I'etcndue de ~on succes . tion des aceidents ,y uellc attitude r~~aliste faut-il ado 1)ter . ti a-t-il
.
ot rt~ uccess . It has ecrtainly becn thc safcst gliding ~~ear reported accident pre~~cntion terms . IS- there an acceptable accident c)r acci- -
Cependant, ~ i~ yuc" I~a s cc
dcpu ~ ~urit'e c1 c" s + ttls fait t)artic inteerante
,. de oui au non un nombrc a~~e P table d'accidents'!
.,
sinec Fli~ht Safet~ bccame in+ol>,ed in lhe program at thc NDH(~- dent le~el'! , .
l'e pro~rantrnr au ni+eau du QGDN, elle aura sans doute ete la Tou~ Ic~ ar~idcnts pcu , + cnt
~ " ~ <~+it c~s , mais il ,';~ a p lus im p or-
etr<
, closcd on ? air accidents and 2 air incidcnts to thc , on ne denombrait ) > cl t r e I ' ~~+'e n~ment
~ ,o lt mineur. , il ~l , ntlent
Ic+cl . 19~9 All a~eidcnts are pre~cntable, but more importantl~~, no rnatter plu~ ~ure, ~n elfel, a la fin de la saison 1y~9, tant . Pc:u im P crt<
., which, if ,, .1 ; ~ ln l 1'-
glider resinrrces and ? air occurr~n~cs to power aireral't u~ed in thc how minor the occurrenre there is al+va~s a rnes~ake que _ a~crdent
. . . ln~rdcnt
et .)' ' de t) laneur ` , am S~t quc,~~ t;~'e n c nl'nIS tculour
1 ' un mc'\ sa~c y lll p~rr '
' ltcl l1'CIl ~ Ilt 1' l p l'tllJ( n, d ll
' r I'd r' . I
air to+ring role . No injuries ++ere recorded . Noteworthy perhaps heedccl, +v 111 prc" s cnt
" an~ lurther c~currence_
~ ., . ti eif t h at n at ur~c . d ,,a +'Ic~ n ` a' mc~ teur, ' 's e s pc~ ur le remoryt
uulr ~ t age, sans p. our ccla tion hien ~ur qu'on en uenne eompte . D'uu Ic pcts tulat.
. .,,ult
l~rn
, r. !~lental attitude will . ; ,,
~+a` Ihe A categor~ aeeidcnt in~olving the hilotless glider at South Hence the thcsis : there are no new accidcnt+ del lorr.r de blesse . . .1 cc sujet, rl' c~s. t t~,tut -"etre intcr~
; " .ssant cI c~ not l~r ,icc i cl~nt
~ n l t nc t u + eau .' L . ' att i tt t d~, nctt
t " tal ~" ~'c t rl l' cc~
I `I ~rtnirte la
Ris er, Ontario . Through a serie, of o+-el. `,t~hts .~, thc,,tardcr arri+-ed at deterrninz Ihe extent to ++hi~h the ilight ,afet~ message is hecded . cet ac~ident de cattgcn~ ~ ) ' ~ A d ' tm plancur ° ~~a n~ p i lotc,
~ a~ South
- fasl n ,t l l I ay uc~11 c ~ n u ~n t ~u m p tc~ c 1 tr m t~~~~,t .ee I )ortant ~ur la
thc, 1~,u~cl
. .~ ~. ed dct,~~arturc, p oin t ~'o nr t" ~ t o thc~ t o~c'a i rcra
cltcd ~ ft b~ i ts The +vorst ca_ e ln+olves the indr'+'rdual ++ hc) w'tll not ac~ept that thc Ri+cr , en Untario, A la suite cl'une,erie l1e be+ues , le I~laneur a ti~l:uril~ . Uans Ic pire dcs ca~, la penonne n'acceptz pas le fait
polypropylene umbilicaL Thc to++~ pilot thought a normal taticc ,t'tf acrident had an~'thing to do with him (hcr) . Thc trcnd towards ctc amcnc sur I'aire d'ac~rochaRe
. p our etre relie au remor-ueur
4 . q u'elle a eu un ritlr a 1~ourr ll ;tns I'a~~ident . F n 1ait, le fa~teur
w a s in order ,'tnd p ro~ccdcd to do J ust that, \tu~h to his rha g rin pilot-induecd accidcnts t s on thc in~rca ' ' s l," pt: rti c'ul~trl+
, , in th c" Lc pilotc de rentoryuage pensant que tout etait pret pour le decol- p ilote a tcndan~c a auementer, partirulierement ~het Ics ~cli~oles,
he saw thc glidcr leap into the air in a vrrv nose-high titttitucle, fnll world gliding ~c ,r mrnunit~, +c hcr~
" the intiden~e . o~r .
I naterial failure . r ,t- mis le` ~~ai
la~e , . (1 uelle ne fut ttas sa sur~rise dc voir lc p lancur oir lcs pannl'` mela
' ° ni~cl u c'1 , ll nt t rat I y t 1'nl'nl
< < I~r1 c \. l 1a nl l" , .
t
r ~, a. ~+~r cl
, t c, d~c p i ytt~c c~ t r ltc Comment ~e fait-il donc yue Il's gcns, rt particuliercntent les
u+er on one win~ antl plummel lo its destruction . Needless to s,t~, i~ pra~tic~illy nil . ,"elc~~ ~r ~c) u ,. une f o-t ~ t m b~" rsrrtnc
t r ~ a il~c ,
.
the militarr° f1ight saf~ty comrnunitv was shocked to learn that an What causes people, t)ilot~ in particular, to avoid ac~tl ttng thttt lt,nant
,- aln
~ s t , a lic~s tnt ~t~ ion . Inutile de +ou` dire y ue Ic~ , t)ecia- t)Illlle~ , n'aiCt I )Itltl I)ati y lte la p rU~ IdetlCe nC I )lll~~l 1
ll)rl'i)llr\ elre
., .,
acci~ent ha, c)~~urre~ ~+hi~h had no I ) tcc~denre . [he flight safety GOD eannol he heliJ respomible for e~erv occurrcnce . It ntay be listes de la securitc dcs +l I~ tnt , cte purr ~ le ml,'rn url rt tenue I~our res p on>ablc d'un accidcnt'? Peut-etre ;'aeit-il dc la
,
mtssage" ha, traditionall~° centred nround therc being no new tear ol" blame re,ulting in disciplinary actic~n . H~twevcr, thc th~ht d'apprendrc yu ' tut al~
~ ~ ~~.c I cnt
~ s ,r n~ p r tl.~
~ . ~cl ~~nl ~ enail de se I~roduire , ~ 'm l .lln 1 c 11_l~'I pl irt ,~ llr' l,~ . II n'en r~~, te I ra s moins y uc la
'r~ int ldl
ld
, l
aceidcnt, rathcr repeats of ~ld c) n~a, " hcnce thc prc~~ cnttt_n
" ') ~afetv. svstem
. does not work that w~av. . Wc are interistcd . . , ,, cnl~. in alo r s yti~c nrnr ~" m'ss~i
c , kre est traditionnellement a~e sur le fait y u'il roncc p uun l1r la `ecurite dc+ +ols ne rc Ito,c p as ~ur cc 1trinl:i p e .
prugram, the pre4cntion of fulure al~ridrnts, nc r t the 1t ubll~ t) clta~le ~ tt n ~ ,t I ,t de nc) tr~"~
~,ur~ l
8'Cid~n[~ , lt y- tt Ilti sont I
fOU~ de1 rC~ll1- NltU1 lll ~Orllrne~ InIeflSleS qUt hal' la preFCnllon lle5 ~il'CItlCnlti el
- ;+, , . . ,-, .
The ' ~ucresslul ~liding
., year t'ollowetl bv Ihe dorrnan~ period ilis~iplinar~ a~uon . Embarras~ntent or the natural reluctance to tn_n , d ' ul
l' lc~ t) r o granune
~ de t~r c c ntlon . nOrt I )al lle~ elcCrlilllll
' .ti ti Ur la ttlaCe p U hll' CI t 1'C . 1 a _ .t rt
1 t)
_r I I 11'~I-
l
,
IeadtnF. up to 19t,0 nu~hl havc a tendenc_+ to in~til in one the false aclmit to rnr tahes or , ~,tnnc
~hortcommt,~ . ., )
t f) c" u .~11
,, a . ~s~uses for La reu~site de ~ettc dcrnierc annce, ~ut r~ dc, la pcncdt ;'~ ~ rnt~rl'r IaUI)n n~lltlrtlll a adn)ttlrl une faUlC ne p llll'~Ill etCIlsCI' l~ tall
FLASHBACK and ctirn bac},w ;rrd~ . 14ut I h,tccn'l ~ccn it flv Ioruarll' . I wa~ -il ~ihrcut ~c~mlnr unt machirrc ;Im ;ri~~ri ,tnle ;
torcc~ tc) alu++er : 'l c~ . . . Iorwarll flight i~ a ntinur tcchnil'al -il ll~'pla4ai~ un ~ntlrmc nua~c dl' pou,~icrc :
pruhlcm tce ha+c nln ,olvcll _~ct' . In ia~t Illr ,l~mc tintr thr hcli- -il n'~t~,lit qu'un pctit pruhlcmc tl~~hniyuc : il nc prtu''ait pa~
" . . . 11~ Iirat Itclicopi~r dcmnn~trlrtell man~ lll Ih+' ~h~traclcris- +l,ler . ;1 pttrt ~a, ~'~tait un hun al)parcil :
copicr 1'Ica bcttcr barkwarll~ th,m 1llr++arcL Hl~~+l'~rr, t~+ ~tl' ;rll~,
ti~' ; uf ml>dcrn hclirupter~ : Ic ~untritlc ~t I~t ~tahihtc ct~ticnt un ~cricu~ pruhlenl~ . Sur Ir
patil~nl t+urk wl ,c~lvrll ~heu prul,lrrn~ . . ."
- it ru,t ~on~ilicrablc nx)nc~ ; prcmicr iilm llur nuu, a~ion~ luurni', I' ;tpparril `'e~t r~'+cl~,i
- it nl ;ull' a er~at lleal uf rtui~e ; from a lecture by Igor Sikorsky in`tablr rt ~i capricirus ltue nllu, ll'a+un~ janl ;ri, mrtntrc ce
- it ha~ much +ihrauon ; f'ilnl ;t cl'aulrl~~ her~~rnnc~, esceptc au rall'nli, ce yui trans .
it ~encr,ucd ~reat clou~~ of Ju~t ; Iltrntait Ic~ ruallr, ct le~ ,autillcmcnt~ cn hallct erac~icu~: .
- it had ltne minltr te~hnil'al f)rohlem - it ~cuulcl nul II~ - " . . .L+II li~ ltoti raft'~ 111111~,, 3pR~ it~011' l ll llnl l1C nll, I)rCItlIIrC`
but l~thcr++isr il ~+a~ a gl~ocl h~li~opter : ll~ml)n`,tr ;tul~n~ . l>c~lara : "C"l'~t unc ntal~hinr rl'ntarllnal~ll' . II
REMINISCENCES
- cuntrol ,tncl ,tahilit+. ucrc seriuu` p rohlcm~ . fhe iir~t ticnt cn I'air, ~l' lllpl~rll' Sur le~ :utc~, ct nt~'nlr ~l'r> I',trricrr . ~lai`
mctuon picture~ ,howed ~u~h an un,tahlc anll ~nati~ ir nr I' ;ti janlai~ ~u ~ulrr ~rr, I'~t~anl ." .I',ri cti' ~untraint a~
marhine that we necer ~howed thr lilnl~ tl~ ctut~idrr~ ri~p~lnllrc : "l h hicn . . .lc clcpl,tcrmcnt ter, I'a+ant cst un hctit
c.~~<1
"') t ln .Ic
~ )w ml) non, w hl+h " ,k ~+~
t ~ti Ihe lJ,uun~ ,
' , and " . . .\1t~n Itrl'mier helicut,tcr~ po~,edait la plupart lfc~ ~ara~teris- prlthlcme te~hniyue yue nl~u~ n'a~ltn, pas ~nturc rc<c~lu ." En
bclbbink int~, ~r,trtcful ~+ea+inc . . . tiyucs d'un helicopterc mudcrnc : tait, a ccuc ~puyu~, 1'h~li~l~ptcre +l~l,tit I)Itu (arill~nt<nt +cr~ I'~tr-
" . . . lfll'r one ol~ uur earl~ tlrtnon~trations tu a le++ t?ucsts, one -Il ~OUIaIt IInC ~On11r1C iabtll~lltit' ; ricrr yu~ ~rr< I',nant . Cl~prnll,tnt, p~n un tracail patil'nt l't ~llu-
uf tltcm,aid : 'It'~ a rentarhable ma~hinl' . I~ hu+er~, flic` sidcwas` -il tai~ait un bnlit epou~-antable ; ll'11U, nUll~ rlllln, rC,Ulll Illtl~ ~C, I~IUItI~r11CS, . ."
i
air accidents
accidents aeriens
zo .
alc destroyed
appareits detr~its
~o- i
fatal~t~es
pertes humaines
iii'
Y~/
++ilh honc~, jc~int~ ur tttuscle,, attcl ic~r lhusc ++ho arc ovcn+cight . .
~nu hace nut heen ph~5icall~ ~ ,x
arti+e, tu chc r .e ( , c+ Il I . n ttn uIe ~ a
' ~ ' ~h'c ct I c ~~
' )k In . et r~
lur~ Je la "ilerliun ~I'Iln pru~r,tmme de ~untlitic~ltnrntrnt
Re~ause uf the buc +ant.. cl(c~t uf thr ++atcr there is littlr trauma tc ;r rigorous acti+it~ ++uuld not unl~ be inappro- enl~in ne faite~ yue du jogging . C'ommen~cr Icutcntcnt rt prt~- ;,h~,iquc .
the hone` and joints . t he prin~ipal dillic~ulty - it takr, ++ ;ttrr, priate hut alsu dangcruu,. Thr murr,Irrnuuus grc~~cr graducllcment . II tilalurc cl nrac ~ ;ucllc acli+ilc csl la plu`
ahich ~an mean an etprn~i+r ~luh ntcmher,hip, ~~r ~ra,un ;tl acti- a~ti+itie~ ~huuld be re~er+rd until )uu ha+c 31 ('~clismc ,t~l ;tpl~'e ;I +~~tr~ ,Iaturr cl a +utrc' nta~u~'? I' ;tr
~it~ unl~ . hrc~u~ht +~~uneli' up tu a le+el at' tiute+> appru~ L'nc hi~+~lctte fiable et une hunne ~unnai ancc cie~ principr` ~~rntple, la ~uursc nc ~un+irnt pcut-~tr~ pas
SI Il alkink I,Ii ;tl~ tu lhent. rcnlirl~ ciu ~otle de la rout~, et ~ou~ voila parti puur unr balaclc au~ pcr`unnrs,uul fr,tnt tl'uhi'`itc, car la ma c
.,t~rc,thle
, ,. , " cr )u yu , 1 ltll Il tini _ + " ' ~
l c,, ++alkin~ . I hi~ i, unc' ~~( Ihr hr,l, )ct unc~ ~,f thc nlo,t Irr S) ('lintalc tiocs thc climatc in +our lucalc allu~ . (-1
t nunen~er lentcntrnt el prc F.rc a dct I,tccr ,cr ;ril ltt { clc cc p ur Ic yt
1 ICICIII Cl
' , Z ,~ , , . ;- ll - I ntill~ h~urr .
qucntl~ turgullen form~ c~} e~erci~e . It ~an hc June at an` nmc, in ~~~u ru p ;rrti~ipalr in ~uur rht,~en activtt) . mum dc _ll minut c, a unc ~ttc ,c c1c Ir~ arli~ulatiun, . I ;t mar~hc uu la natatic~rt
an) ~teather, ancl barring Iuuggers, is sale . :1nd, lur thr ;t+rrag,e hl ~Intli+idual Inlcresl - i~ v~~ur ,cle~tion of acti- ~I \ataliun ~rr;tit t~eul ctr~' plu~ apprut~rii'c', tlu m~,in~ ~tu
hurth lmeriran, it i~ eas~ lo mcct thc PUI- rryttiremrnt~ . +ili~'~ ,uitc~l t~, ~uut intercst ;' Cci c~crcl~~ C~I ccrlc~ Ic plu~ appr~~pti<' p~_,ur ~rus J~~ill Ir~ ~~`, ~lchut clu ~~r~ 'rarnrttr .
611)ancinK . 71 1~aricl) - do you like just unc a~ti+-it+, ur Ir` arti~ulauuns ou Iea mu~~lr~ lont ,oulfrir, uu encurc ~euz yui 21 f ":I ;rt dc ,anti" - a+ei-+urn un prubl~mc t1r
. , ~rc,t
. .,c.b r .t + c I ,. r r
11~ith thc ntoelertt Bc,neir ancl the like, il i~ ea~+ tc~ +vurh up a ++ctulcl )uu rathcr h;t+c a +arict+. t l ,rcu Iltes unl un probferne t1'obesite . Le tait di" i1otter mirumi~c I~~ pru- n ;lturr nl~~' li ~,t I~' , r r , c c 1 u I I~ cI ct
s++-rat on thc dance t1c~ur . There are hazards : dc ;tfncss, inhalmF., done at randum a~ thr ntuud nto+e, +ou . I Icnt~ ,tu ni+eau du ,_yuclette
" ~ ' , r tti , C cp
et dc's artt~ulaltc
' ' rnclant , ~c i~rl,lltt~', ~ .+ Il~
d~ll . ,~'r. I ' ,tr +'s c'tn 1 ,I c' , I ;r n;Il ;tti~~n
Uen .r rnppr)rts d'irrcidents irnpliyuuru cfe~s Ilercules nrrt tuur Nuu ; avons uuand meme adopte unc~ attilude plu~ prot~e ;,ion-
recentrnent etc~ depI1SP.S sur mon burenu ; err les Ilscrnr, je rrre slrls nclle rn cour, de route, et nou ; ason~ ~lin ;ult~ le manuel et le~
mcs a re/7echir (rien yue c'elu tc~rnrri,~ne de 1'inrc~rer yu'ils pre- cartes il'apprl~che . II ,'averait yue ('hiboueamau poti ;edait une
senteni, dire :.-I'nus!) pi~te Ic~ngue de 3 ~UO piedti . La rourse a I'attcrri,,a~e du Hercule,
I)urrs le cns drr lrrenrier lrrc'Iderlr, l'urinn n srrbi d'impnrtnrrrs etant ~'environ '_ ~1()0 pieds, il nou ; fallait donc une di ;tance de
degiits au snbnt de yUerle elr !IL'COllnJlt S'rrr Irli QerlrflrUnle rrplrr'el- ~ y(lU picds puur cxceuter un attcrri~~age a perfurntan~c ; opu-
IernerN cnrrsrruil duns 1'-1 rctir1 ue . l.n ('isre etait rahutercse et, d malcs . Aucun problcmc . Nous di ;pu ;iun ; cl'unc pi,tr ,ullisam-
enrirnrt h'll kl, lu rrlue de ne :. u rehnndi er u yuitte~ le tiol, .-) rr lieu de ment lungue . Puur farilitrr dasantage Ic, ~hu ;r,, la pi ;te etait en
rnhnttre fe ne~ er de rehundir rle nuureau, le pilnte u decide, ar'ec ,zra+icr : l :ela all,ut eliminer le ; prohleme ; a ;`oeie ; aut p i ;te ;
raisnn, de pnursuirre la cnurse crrr decolluge en nrnirrtennnr un tttotullees .
le,~er c'nbrct, nutLs les eahuts ycrf Unr srrirv durcrnl In cuclr'se crcl ("e .,t alor> que notre perspicace nt~canicien clr hurd nou ; a
dc~cvrlln,~e snnt r~rnisenrhluhlemerrt lu c'acrse des de,~cirs +uhis l utr le sienale yu~ I'asion ~erait ~hargi a la ntas,e ma~imalr re~om-
sahut . mandec a I'atterri ; ;agr et yu'il re ;terait plu ; de fi h0ll li,re~ de
~)uunt urr secnrr(1 incident lyui ti'est produir le lertcferrrelinlh if carf}urant dan ; le, re ;crclir, esirrieun .
arrrait prr tnrrrner phrS r7rcll .r l : n e/'/et, pendnrrt le decolln,~e sur un (1)etuil rechniyue. Le Ilerrules est linrite, ci 1'utterri.cscr,l;e, ci un
nerrrdrnme nnn cnnrr'61~ silue~ nu ~hrehec', I'extrc~rtrire de 1'uile tnrr .r de descertre de ~all pi rnin . ( eperrdcrrrt, si les rcserr'uirs e.rre-
r,,
/
. /. ,?nllf'hc' n hE'Irl're l111 lll'hlLSle er n ele le{'C'relrrerll e1lllOlrllrln,~'PP . 1,11 rierrrs d'ailes conriennent phrs de h 61101irres de c'urhurnrrt, le rcnrx
lrisrc c~ruit recnru'crre de hnrre, rnu.t'imnl ile descente est rc~cluil ri iUll 1)i mirr . Ue plrr+, presclue
' ,r 'r .sde llcr~~ , ;
Tr+'o Ilercules inciderrts r,~hicJr crossed rnt' desk recentlt' got me establish ~earl'h headcluarters . We boarded ihe party and rushed 1 rcrnt de currrinuer, je tierrs u rous si,;~nulcr eJtre jc" n'ui nulle- turrs les rnccndrc 1 c u lc , ~ u' 1 'u 1 rcrrr~c+c ' , c s l ~ cu rrrr
1 rA e ,u rr r carr
, ~ , ;,
thinkin,~ (fur lrhich reason ~'ou could sa)' rhet ' u re notex'orlh ' to make our takeoff tirtte within the allotted two hours after rrrenr I'irrtentiun d'nccrr5(1 C(S r.
. r ~
(1(1Lt
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prlor(s
' r
dcr yrrni yuecc son . .ltr
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arterrissa,~e drr r e r u ruirrunr la I'l(I ) r lr1( ll(S (1r1eS t'r 1 ecnulentenr du
indeedl . eallout . currlraire, ih snnr rnus deru .r cr.rpPrimerrre~s (~t er)nlpe~rerrts, et jP cnrhurunt crrnrenu dnns les re~serroirs . I urcs rore ;, !e ruhleutr
T'he first inrolrec! u depurrure f~um u neN'It' ennstrrrcted nir/'ield During taxi the searchmaster ask ;d on intercom if, in fact, 3500 lY'0l.1' f E'rllleliit'lil yllt' C'C' .1r 1)I'rihllhlerlrent ,,l'rlfP lr lerll' P.l11e1'lelil'P Pt rnuinrc~rrant .''1
' , .
feet of runstay was acceptable for Ixnding a Her~ule> . Sounded all n Icuc . cnmpererrce yue rri un ni 1'uulre de ce.l
inci(lenrs nc~ +'est Nuru a' 1 l1 n_, r~solu ~c'` I 1 ll l1 l~nlr dr lal l urant
., . ~ ,
ll .tn ; I ~,` ,al' I ~, l n
in the .~l rctic. The uircrufr susrained cfumage to the rurlskid cluring
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takeoff: The runx'u~' x'as humpt' and at ahuut 8l1 kts rhe nose right to me so we launched off intu the low cloud and rain which rere~le~ plus se~rien .t . Uuns les derr .r rus, 1'eyuipu,~re u dri uriliser un nuu , rat ' i p~" 1 ~u~ t d'~ li m i t~'r lc' fa ux d'c l Ic ~ uuc ,t - UI1 p t~ m In ~ . it
,~ , I'ttttrrn ; `~.I~l, . . "rrc'y ;lntl
' ~ Ic,
, n ' c,` t -~c~ " t J,,r ~'1.
~'heel huunced ofl~the runwat' . . Rather than risk p urrinK the nose covered our transit to ChibouKamau as well as our ~earch area . ,t;ros aplarrrccl sur unc prsre c'rrurre er rrun enrrerenue .
l uuc' lc r nl ,rl r~ , r t ~ l t1 ; ,t sl '~ rll I i' ~ , ,l , .
dux'n into the bunrps a,~ain, the pilnt elected to cunrinue the tuke- Enroute we be~,an,- to get a little rnore prnfessional . w'e cun- ()u'est-ce yue tr)rrl ccrlu I)eut hien nruir ci f®ire urec lu st~crrritc~ ~ t 1'I
() ( n It.'rl 4 tlrt l( Il It.I1llU Ill~tt
nff run slightlt' nose up . .Suhseyuent hrrmplng durinK the rakeo/f sulted the letdown hook and ihe charts and realized that de .s rnls' rolo~iyue dc (~hihl~u~amau : pas trc ; cnl`c~urakeant . I'lafund a 7Ul)
~ s , ucl
plcd '~ " u ' ~ ut u~ t, t ~ ItI'le ct L rul tl ~, I c" scn t tioufflait p ~r ,,,t cndl- '
rnll most likelt' nccounts fur the du nruge te r the lail skid. Chibougamau had a runway length af 3800 feet . Our gruund roll 1:7r hien .' .Sul)pu+rrn-+ dunc' yue Ier p110te ('uirlrrlnlrdnnt de hurd
7'he second incident (just the ne.rr dur) cnuld hnt'e had mnre was about 24l>() feet so we needed ,- ..9()0 fcct to do a maximum n'ail pcrs eu aulanr d'e.rl)~rience . ~)uc~ seruit-il crrrire~ s'il al°uir ~ulaire a la p l . t~ , ;, a ..( I nc~'cud ti~+" a c~ r 'a t ,t Ic,` I t r ~. y ct ~ ,t:,_ S_ . N c~ u , ~t, c i n ;
i r,,,~ , ,+ .t
cn ullc ~flrrtuc un~ al prc~h~ , L)B ~` ~t r du ,r'~ I',t pc'r'~~,'i
~u , c n lr ~ n
serious conseyuerrces, I)urrng ' ruk e nff" ./ rnm an uncontrolled air- landing . No sweat - wc had lots of runway! An actded bonu~ was rahattrc ltr rnue de rre,-, scrl' lu pisle et yue le rruin urunl se snir hrise
t' d
I pc _ l) I l l~t 1 nc~ u , , c I n llll c', fr,t ;,'',
~ ,r~ I '',l II~ r<1'< hc' a~ s Il I l I llr
field in Quebec Ihe port rr'ing tip contacred a shruh nnd receit'ed thc fact that the runway surface was kravel. . This would help to en hcrurtcnrt urre ,Krosse hosse;' ~lue sernir-il urrire si, uu lierr de
I' ;llll'I'I'I ;,,ILC 8 j1Cl IIlIIllllIlCl, llhllnl;llC, .
rninor damu~e . The runx'a~' r,'as corered in nrud . climinate Ihe pr~t blem~ 'assc~'~'
uated wi c h I a n dllt b cm a wet runwa y . heurtcr tm urhuste du huru dc 1'l~ilc, 1'crlrpureil ur'uir touchc~ lu
About this point the ea~le-eyed tlight engineer mentioned Ihat ~'uu s a rn r r 4'urrs ulle R r e nte rrr l~ c~rs lu ccttu s tr'))
r l 1u . r).t ru t s dr r'
r u lcr
Refirre c~'e R o ant'. .I~urther let me rnake one thinK eleur! I um not 171.11E' llUrrelrSEr .' l~rl, PnCl1r'P, yrle 1'f'!'art-11 nYlYl'e 51 Ic' 1rr10re nl'nlr ere
Il ru .S,S c, y rll' SLr I" c./c rllf cr .Sllr r r llr r .1~r
c r 1 cr,S ci1 c;l r IUl r s y llr 1l1 l 'rI n!I)u 1~rcr rl,
pninting the firtger at these two piluts . Thej' ure fiorh s'err e .rperi- rrn crunntundanl d'c~yuipu,~re /ruichernenr nurrrntct, sirns ,~~trere
,~r r
we would he at masimum recommended landing wttght ~' ' nd
~i
. - rutc, 1)rsre
' , cn,~r'urrEr
, ,~, . dE, .i 811111tcds
r'~ .r, l)r~'
ulcc , . . , sur -
rlrlurt ccnlruk
enced and competent . 1, in fact, huld rhe 1rersnnal helieJ ~ tlrat it would have over 66(x) Ibs of fucl in ihe outcr wing tanks. d c.tpericvtce des uerrldronrc~s rrurr enlrelerrus, prrur krsyuels il
x'ns this e .rperience und conrpetence x~hich mut' hntc., prel'ented (7echnical 6rc~uh~ the Herrulea nirrraft is resrricred, un n'e.riste yue rre~s peu el'irr/urrnnlinn, si ce n'esl urrcune' c'lcr,r Ec a lu huuteur dcs . 0110 l~reds
these trro inciderrrs from 1 etng ' of a rr r ore ser'o
r u s nn ture, In both lnndin~, ro u sink rate uJ S~0 fpnt, l/ ; hor,'erer, yurc hur'e nt'er ()n auru hcuu sc clnc yue rurrt relu rre peur .,e prnduirc~, r'esr
r r ' " r , - uncr yuuntuc ' ~ dcr cur
, 'h u rcl r rt dcrns 1cr s crt', '
l c s lnni run r lc, rnn .t~ dc,
h600 Ihs uf firei in lhe uurer Irin,>,~ lurrks Ihis .l7,~ur(, cs redured rv 1Irtr lr~ f~ I!( Il r .SSn f,r P ll' .t UI
1'1 I l )'r n 11'rl . ,'
, . .~ .,
ruses, the crex's Iti'ere faced ++'itlr tlre chnllenge of operating lurge rOnt n f nrl p01SlhIP ~ ~ ela pellr I'UIrS al'f7l'i'!' c'Olnnle ~'cr rn't'.SI (111c1
r " r
uircraft intn shorr, unrnaintained airfields, .S'u - h ur~' d~esr ull o /' '
~00 fprn . Frcrther tu tlris, ulmosl ull llf rculcs ./rres vn lartding un ,'r
flrrll'(' . . . ~ al', 4'(r llr'('ll l/rTll e, !a l''e .1't .1rl.Srerrlerrr dP l'Phr f]rre .tP - rur ! .,c ru 1 r er1) e r r clrc
' cr lar'rc r rr' lu 1 r 1 s I c sn rr j/ 1n r r t a _ ll nuerrds , u rcc
this relate tn 1'7iR ht .Safett'?
. cuused 1>_e hurd lundin,~s tis~hich hreuk rhe x~in,~s und releuse Jirel r'err .r t'ucrs 1)crrler ici, chers lecleurs . ruJale+ %rcsyu'u ?~ nneuds ;
17`'ell - let's suppose tltat tJre pilor in control did not hure the /i'orn tfre tnrrks. Got thc llrclurc .l . .I'ctais, a I'epoyue, un tout nuu+eau ~'ontmand~tnl d'ecluipage - un. I )!n.l urrd uu .r linrites d 'u lt l~r ' uehe' r'rr(In' " cr c ~ tcr c, r uu .r 1'rrr r rre' rs
experience of tlrese tx'u indiriduals. I~ hat Is'nuld he lhe result if W'e ettechvely solved thc wtng fuel prublem by remenlbenn~ to Sur Herculr, ct )c srn,u ; li'ctre ,rlfecte aus Rrrhcrches et ;~luse- d u ret , rrrssu
.' ,~er u Ie r r 1 ..l ul. rrru rnc
.r s r r1 )'
rr rr rulcr,
s
,) takr, Unr tcllc atlc'~tauun rrpr~;~nt~ un~ de, pcriodr~ It~ ilu, - rr r u , rs t'Ir'r h'tci r~ ci c lurtc
' r u~ c ~rr 1 r + cr d
~ c~ lu~ 1t Irrr'r
c c , r rlcr lu u Ill cr,.
tire nose x'heel x'ere lox'ered to rhe runrs'ut', hit a large hunrp nnd bricf a 3011 fpm sink rate un landing, Piece of cake - ril;ht . r~' hl'
coNapsed -,. I~ hur x'nuld 6e the result ii~the ls'inR tip hacf contacted We also received a weather report for Chihoutiamau , . . and it ttas ardue ; du ,tat!e ,ur Hercule~ . I latonJ h :l ;, si ;ihilite I~aihle, ct -ur~t c u rre r'r rf rrrn rurr' rr r r cr r 1 ' l '~
c rn r d c r 1u I) rs' rc, ,"
,, , ,~ , . lt Na, 00 overcast with rain and hazc and thc sou, ~uu, retruusr au~ ~omntandr ; d'un apparcil dc lipl)<)II - rrn I rn~w ,>,re r i l'u ll r )rcu'hc~ 1)nur r r n a r r c ~rrissu ~re ci I rer / urrnunc'es
Ihe nrud instead o/'a shruh, I4 hnt if, in fnct, rhe pilots rl'ere 6rund not encourat,ln~
lisre,, en train ll'etfcrtuer de, ~ira~~r, ,errc ; a ba ;sr altituctr . ; ~ . ,' ~ r' , ct
r strrrs
nex' aircra/7 comrrrunders trho hud little e.rperience
' r'r r crperatrc'r n s wind was 90 degrees oFf' the runway at ~0 gu~ting to .,S knots . w'e , . .,
uprirrrulc .+, err c'rlrirhflrlnl rrr(rcorr)Ir),r,ryrrcr+ arul,ucules,
, 1a 1 lcmhrc ml ;,il n ti ;1R ~un ;i,~ai~ a rffrcturr lle ; rrchc~rche5 1'lll' u r Na ;~c' ( 1 ' n I r .1 u I'I'U 1 dc ' r ec ( ! r /rur~1S u !rcc .r .
into nirfields thar nre rrot nrnintained and f'n r k'h'ch r l'trl
1 e ur nn flew an NDB approach, broke out at about 7(lU fcet AC L and '
, 1 t l Illc' . ~ti~ l 1 u ,,1
infnrrnation is ut'nilnhle .'' transitioned to a maKimum performan~e visual approach . (Tinre ~lrll tc) I1
l dc' Bat,c .l ntmc' ; nlunl~','a t 1urd ,tl
' )'rc, ,r
'1 uir I,t~lulllC I11111 ; ,UI11111~1 ,(~fll, 11C; IIII,ILt_,, Ilull, Illtll~ ~OIltIt1C~
There is nu point sclrirrg it cun'r huppen it can! lt can lrappen to /ar a hreuk) cli~pc, ;i Ic plan d~ rl~l et, durant la mi~e cn rl~ute de~ mut~ur,, le, aper4u lluc la trajcctoirc d '>>~ ., tinalc elait cuul~ cc;,,
~rt I Il l,ht par unc
~ . .s
rou and it cun huppen ro me. In ./art, ir hns happened to rne,r .ancf Ora hlueprinr fur disusle~r is corrrins,r ulun,~ nicelt', Ler's jtrst (1 1 S. c1'c I ,t" b .~,
r l rl lt ) 1 , c rl t lr llrm
I c', y ucrot
1 t , clc` 1 1 ln
1 , dct l1;c rI' c li t,~nc ~Icrtriy uc elcs~r . .-1u-dcla (le rcttc, li~.nc
,, , elccui y ut . Ic trrrailt
, r buildin,~ und scc~, tsltar
relvels' rhe hu .t x'e xerc . xc rlrd not hnt'e chcl drr l le r ,ulrl ) I ; c 1 t' rul
°' t crchcs
~ ' ct cn cyuipc it ~hrbul~,,tm~tu ,. . de,rcnllait ~ur unc Ic~n~ucur li'cns irun I ' tuillc, rour rcmuntc'r
rhur, reu(lers, rs' K' hat t1n's .ct or t ' r's al1 a6uut .
I wa ;. a brand n~'R' liercule
' alrcratt~ ~c't mmander and
1 .~ c1 n C0't my' 'Olll' J Or OrIrSP1V .S : e ou ils desaient ctahlir le crnlrr de ; rrcherrhe,, ~1pr~'ti yur nu ; pa,- cn,uite ju,uu'it la pi ;tr . II nou ; tallait clcm~ piqucr ;ur la pi,te
, , . i'Irc'tridue, ~t ~'rnuite ri,durl llc nl~rl
first duties was in the Search and Rescue role, Thl . r~le entails - -~Y()(1
~ fECr
~ > > r~% grcrtcl
~ r rtrn
' ls' ns~ ts~ u 1r cr rarsec
' ! 1)c~ rr r_On
!!1 rli e Sagcr, curcnt I~ri, t~la~e a hord, nuu, nc)u, ,~lrllrne ; cli°~cihc', I al~in ;rhlc~ asuir fr,ln~ari I~l li~nc
.~rtt cle dcus heur~,~ a . ,~ ; I ~..t ~ tcl
,
sonle of the toughest t1ying onc will cvcr do in a Hcnulcs . Luw ccntrc urcu ul Ihe . .(lU0 furN murk, c lt ll "1 Ilri
c' lan ; Ic' dilal t1 l~°,' f rl lf . .lu);er la lsente a,c~cnslante . Nhu, ,t+on ; ;lrruudi iu ;tc au-de u, llr
. ~ - -
r r ~
, , 1'c'nd'at 1 t I'c rl
l r Il'ac'.c. I,c ~f.l,'ct dc,, tc~hcrche; a acnlandc~ ; ul I'in I'~~tr~ntite dc la iurl~lr ll~, ~, r~tsier
., .
ceilings, poor visibility and there you are crankln~ around a - x'inK .Iirel such rhur sinti rcrte ur luu('hdor,'n rrrrcst he belvx' - ''
1?U,(100 Ib airplaue at low level . ,~t)~ f 1)lil, ter I ~hune ;i 3 ~UU I ~iclf~ dr I ~i,tr itaient ;ul ti ;ant ; pour ~uterrir en ~ltllhCllrCll~tlll~lll, l'f ~lllllllli l~l,t ;~ hlOllllll ;I ;Ull1~'Itt, ilOll`
H ~rrcu
. l ~,, . ( ' ela mc. 1 r, 1 r "d t~, ; ,rli
. ,r~. llt
. . ~ l .l' hl l' . ):t Ill ~ ll ; Ilt ~U, ; t~ I t 1 r 11C' .
~1y first SAR launch was a search in Quebec, north of - ts'ind 9() de,~rees oJ~l ur ~(1 <<rs trirh ct 5 kr ~ust, eUun ; trllcmcnt priuc'~upi'~ par l~ ;uu~i llr hi~n ~urri~~rr rt lt~' hirn
. . , ..llr llu'un inclicr ~i,url intpul-
, ,
Ba~otsille . ~~'e filed our flight plan and boarded the airrraft, - cuhn,K al circlin,~ lirnits und on lirnils fc~r rhe 111cr.t'Nrfunr tout dc ;uite rctruuse ; daiu Ir ; nuaee'; . h, t ; ~t la luie 'unllitiun ; eonthcn ;er Ic ; c'onclitiun, nt,tr~ln
I~Ur'In~ startup Base Ops adviscd that wc svcre to cleliver the per/orrnnnce lunding, clui clcsaicnt rcener tout lc lone de nonc routc, iu,cu'a
1 (~hihl~u- tant nuu~ a cchapt~e .
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searchmastcr and his tcam t~ C hibougamau where they wuuld - reduccd,
lisibili(r' in ruin urrd hu ;,e, Earllall t't ;Ur 1~I LOnC 11C; 1"CChCC~}1~~ . En rliet, I'extr~nutc ~n gra+i~r ne cl~n,tituait ha ; le bout de la
Mauvaise comprehension
Communication Breakdown
Le IS no~cmbrc 1979, une fnrmation decollait de la CFI3 vclifi~r son appareil, don~ Ir numcro ?. 1.a forrttation ~e retruu-
~ . .~+
On I5 No~ . 79 a formation took ~+fi~ trom CFB'~lnose Ja~c on ~traieht and le~el ~~hile lead had a look at the Number ? aircraft . ,1 1c11
c .~e .Lr' ~S' pc ) ur une mt5~rc rt d'entrainemcnt de routinc. Le v~att' n ra i r r lc~n"ant ~~
. a n~ I ~ac
~~ 1 er , I ~~~ d c~u~ a pl +areil~ ~ olaient ~c~ it~, a.
. .~~ ., . . , ~, ol ~n
, cc t~ , ~ar aueun de deu~ p ,
,,+, ilote ne,. r~~ardait
. .
a routine trainins mi~sion . Number ~ ~~as flo~cn b~ the ~tudent
.
Consequentl~, in efI'ect the formauon ~~a, no++ 11~rn~ +~ith t~~o m tnr e rc eta r t p rl o te' p ar un ~Ic c qr r'r en ctatt~ a , c n prcmi~r , I'autr~ a u n . Pur
.,
, ~ol~,+ Thr Irad air~r~tft ~~a_ 11c~~n solo lead~ beeau~e neither pilot ~cas +}atchtnti, the other . The pilot~ lo,t forru~iti
r c~n et I e n rtmc~r ~+ I par I ' tn .~ tnr~tcur qui prlctart
' + -' ~n ~ t ~.
" .clc at re ,t u r , I ' r rn e t I'~utr
, c, I ~r .iu I c ut ~c nta~t r u~l , Ic tu . ela e
pilot on his ttr_t t~rmation . ,
,i~ht ot earh other and ~hortl)~ thereafter the lo~ter fuselage of Fn~iron la moitie de la mis~ion ~tait remplie lorsqur le Ieader a du numcn , _, a heurte le s~b ta tlt . atcur~ hr ~~'rrr.on~tal d~,l, a ppareil cie
b~ thc ~tudent'~ instru~tor .
The formatiun +~as appro~irnatel~ half ~~a) throukh the mis- Number ~,-~trurk the horizontal stabilizer of the lead airLralt demande au numem ? de pa~ser de la fornration en e~helon ,~ tetc p rc c q uant u r tc" rt~ t t~ turc" dc" I a ~ o u ~cr nc" <~t h~tu
.
< tcu
" r d t t oin t dc
p
~ion ~~hrn lead direeted Number _, to go trom «helon right to ~au~ing it to brcak nff belo~c thc atta~hmcnt point .l hc instructor droite a la formation de route . Pui,, I'instru~teur a clemande a fi~auon . L'instrueteur a perdu la maitrtsc et a ~te ~oumt~ a
route lormation . The in~tru~tor also told the ~tudent to take a espc~ricnccd a ~udden lo~s of control and n~katr~c "G" forrc~ . I'elc~e de jeter un coup d'oeil a son a~ion, d'efl'ectuer quelques d'im p ortante~ accclcrations nceati~es . Ce p ~nclant, ~ontrne il a~ait
` cr
; i-i ., i on ti , d~, ~,c cictctdre
;
look at hi~ o~cn aircraft, do ;ome ~~heck~, rela~, and f~l~ straight Hr ++as restrainrd b) the negau~e "G" ,trap and ~~a` able to t ~at et de ~, ulr.r
~ en I ~,alrcr
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FL GHT MENT EDITOR'S COMMENTS EDITION PAGE
igi4 i?16EX A .L .S .E .
Conversion to Metres
Lookout
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New "For Professionalism" Award 3
Propos de Vol 4
ACCIDENT PREVENTION EDITION PAGE Review of 1978 - Outlook for 1979 2
Silver Anniversary 5
A Screeching Halt 1 17
Airshow Accidents Revisited 3 30 ENVIRONMENTAL
Altimeter Settings - Pay Attention 1 5
Are You Really an Instructor? 2 22 For the Brids 2 18
Briefing! Why? 1 14 The Birdman of Cold Lake 4 16
Gliding into Summer 3 28 Thunderstorms 3 14
Maple Flag 1 2 Trenton has Gone to the Birds 5 8
Reckless Operations 1 17 You Can Lead a Horse 5 16
Supervisory Factor 5 20
Who's in Charge Here? 3 22
EDITION PAGE
ACCIDENT RESUMES
FEEDBACK
Autorotation Training Accident 4 30
CF5 - ACM Accident 5 30 Demolition Derby 3 24
CF5 Off the Runway 4 30 Gen From 210 - Lucky Strike 1 19
CF5 Strikes Trees at Cold Lake 1 20 Inadvertent Inflation of Mae West 1 12
CF5 Undercarriage Lever 2 38 Mismatch 1 15
CF104 Landing Accident at Lahr 5 28 Six of One . . . 5 25
CF104 Struck Mountain 2 38 Wires : Give it Some Thought 3 32
Falcon - Hydroplaning 5 26
Fatal Ground Accident 2 36 GENERAL INTEREST
KIOWA - Dynamic Rollover 5 30
LAPES Training - Hercules 5 26 DFS Annual Flight Safety Conference 1978 1 18
Otter - Wire Strike 2 36 DFS is Back in the Film Business 5
Tutor Engine Seizure - Hawkesbury 1 20 Guide to Investigation 1 5
Tutors Damaged by Mule 5 28 Happy Anniversary Flight Comment 5 4
Tutor Mid Air 5 28 Index of Articles 1978 2
New Poster - Air Weapons Safety 3
Take the Air Young Man - Poem 1 . 13
EDITION PAGE
HUMAN FACTORS
AVIATION SUPPORT
In the Hot Seat 3 20
Aviation Turbine Fuels - Present and Future 4 4 Why Am I G2 02 1 6
QETE - Signs and Portents for the Future 2 4
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
AWARDS
Colour Blind 2 40
For Professionalism 4 20 Phraseology - English/French Text 5 32
5 24 Who's to Blame - Message from TSD 5 32
Good Show 1 8
2 10
3 10 EDITION PAGE
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5 12 LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT